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Wildside Press The Deserted Village The Traveler and Other Poems by Oliver Goldsmith Edited by Edna Henry Lee Turpin
Oliver Goldsmith (1728 1774) was an Irish playwright novelist and poet. He is best known for his poem The Deserted Village as well as his novel The Vicar of Wakefield. The Deserted Village is a social commentary condemning the pursuit of limitless wealth and the movement of populations into urban areas. The Traveler published in 1764 was Goldsmiths first popular work. It is a philosophical poem depicting and discussing the causes of happiness and unhappiness in nations. This collection of poems also contains The Hermit An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog and The Haunch of Venison.show more