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Richard Savage (c. 1697 – 1 August 1743) was an English poet. He is best known as the subject of Samuel Johnson's Life of Savage, originally published anonymously in 1744, which is based on one of the most elaborate of Johnson's Lives of the English Poets.
- Poet, satirist
- 1 August 1743 (aged 46), Bristol
- c. 1697, England
- Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers (father, disputed), Anne Gerard, Countess of Macclesfield (mother, disputed)
Savage's works engaged with social and political issues, offering critiques of societal injustices and exploring the complexities of human nature. He is perhaps best known for his long, autobiographical poem, The Bastard .
It was released anonymously in 1744, and detailed the life of Richard Savage, a London poet and friend of Johnson who had died in 1743. The biography contains many details of Savage's account of his own life, including claims that he was the illegitimate child of a noble family that quickly disowned and abandoned him at birth.
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Dec 26, 2023 · Last Updated December 26, 2023. Life of Richard Savage (An Account of the Life of Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the Earl Rivers) is a biography about the “peculiar misfortunes” of the poet...
Apr 5, 2024 · Richard Savage (born c. 1697, England—died Aug. 1, 1743, Bristol) was an English poet and satirist and subject of one of the best short biographies in English, Samuel Johnson’s An Account of the Life of Mr Richard Savage (1744).
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1697 (England) – 1743. Richard Savage was an English poet. He is best known as the subject of Samuel Johnson's Life of Savage, on which is based one of the most elaborate of Johnson's Lives of the English Poets.
Radcliffe, David H., ed. Richard Savage (1697 ca.-1743). Spenser and the Tradition: ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830 . Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Tech , 2006 .
