The Deserted Village, A Poem

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TitleThe Deserted Village, A Poem
Year for Search1770
AuthorsGoldsmith, Oliver(1728-74)
Date Published1770
PublisherW. Griffin
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsIrish author, Male author
Annotation

The poem begins with a description of a village called Auburn as a eutopia, but the wealthy landowner pushes the people off the land creating the deserted village.
Additional Publishers

There were five further editions in 1770, a 7th ed. in 1772 and an 8th ed. in 1774. Rpt. in Collected Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Volume IV The Vicar of Wakefield Poems The Mystery Revealed. Ed. Arthur Friedman (Oxford, Eng.: The Clarendon Press, 1966), 283-304 with extensive footnotes and an “Introduction” (271-81).
Info Notes

For what is called the first draft, see what is called the first draft in “Revolution in Low Life.” New Essays by Oliver Goldsmith Now First Collected and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Ronald S. Crane (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1927), 116-24. First published without the author’s name or a title in Lloyd’s Evening Post and British Chronicle 10.768 (June 14-16, 1762): 571. Cut in the Universal Museum, Gentlemen’s and Ladies Polite Magazine 1 (June 1762): 323-34.
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Author Note

Irish author (1728-74).
Full Text

1770 Goldsmith, Oliver (1728-74). The Deserted Village, A Poem. London: W. Griffin. There were five further editions in 1770, a 7th ed. in 1772 and an 8th ed. in 1774. Rpt. in Collected Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Volume IV The Vicar of Wakefield Poems The Mystery Revealed. Ed. Arthur Friedman (Oxford, Eng.: The Clarendon Press, 1966), 283-304 with extensive footnotes and an “Introduction” (271-81). L, PSt

The poem begins with a description of a village called Auburn as a eutopia, but the wealthy landowner pushes the people off the land creating the deserted village. For what is called the first draft, see what is called the first draft in “Revolution in Low Life.” New Essays by Oliver Goldsmith Now First Collected and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Ronald S. Crane (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1927), 116-24. First published without the author’s name or a title in Lloyd’s Evening Post and British Chronicle 10.768 (June 14-16, 1762): 571. Cut in the Universal Museum, Gentlemen’s and Ladies Polite Magazine 1 (June 1762): 323-34.