Christopher Smart
Christopher Smart (11 April 1722 – 20 May 1771) was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines, ''The Midwife'' and ''The Student'', and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding. Smart, a high church Anglican, was widely known throughout London.Smart was infamous as the pseudonymous midwife "Mrs. Mary Midnight" and for widespread accounts of his father-in-law, John Newbery, locking him away in a mental asylum for many years over Smart's supposed religious "mania". Even after Smart's eventual release, a negative reputation continued to pursue him as he was known for incurring more debt than he could repay; this ultimately led to his confinement in debtors' prison until his death.
His two most widely known works are ''A Song to David'' and ''Jubilate Agno'', which are believed to have been written during his confinement in St. Luke's Asylum, although this is still debated by scholars as there is no record of when they were written. It is even more unclear when the works were written as ''Jubilate Agno'' was not published until 1939 when it was found in a library archive and ''A Song to David'' received mixed reviews until the 19th century. To his contemporaries, Smart was known mainly for his many contributions in the journals ''The Midwife'' and ''The Student'', along with his famous ''Seaton Prize poems'' and his mock epic ''The Hilliad''. Although he is recognized primarily as a religious poet, his poetry includes various other themes, such as his theories on nature and his promotion of English nationalism. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Smart, Christopher
Published 1763
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3by Smart, Christopher
Published 1751
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4by Smart, Christopher
Published 1750
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5by Smart, Christopher
Published 1763
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6by Smart, Christopher
Published 1757
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7by Smart, Christopher
Published 1756
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8by Smart, Christopher
Published 1753
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Published 1756
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10by Smart, Christopher
Published 1764
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Published 1756
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12by Smart, Christopher
Published 1752
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13by Smart, Christopher
Published 1990
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14by Smart, Christopher
Published 1768
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16by Smart, Christopher
Published 1791
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Published 1757
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Published 1764
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19by Smart, Christopher
Published 1965
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20by Smart, Christopher
Published 1764
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