Charles Gildon (c. 1665 – 1 January 1724), was an English hack writer and translator. He produced biographies, essays, plays, poetry, fictional letters...

Gildon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles Gildon (c. 1665–1724), English author Chris Gildon (born 1971 or 1972), American...

series), by James Wesley Rawles The Patriot (play), a 1702 play by Charles Gildon The Patriots (play), a 1943 play by Sidney Kingsley Patriots (play)...

just punishment of the two feuding families. In mid-century, writer Charles Gildon and philosopher Lord Kames argued that the play was a failure in that...

Aphra Behn not only accepted the novel's narrator's claims as true, but Charles Gildon even invented a romantic liaison between the author and the title character...

Queens. Charles Gildon in the early 18th century recommended this play for its beautiful reflections, descriptions, similes, and topics. Gildon thought...

have succeeded on stage. Charles Gildon returned to Shakespeare's text in a 1699 production at Lincoln's Inn Fields. Gildon's adaptation, entitled Beauty...

Charles Boyle) The Furmetary A Journey to London Gerard Langbaine – The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets (cont. by Charles Gildon)...

terza rima poem. It was uncompleted at the time of his death. In 1708, Charles Gildon published an adaptation of The Golden Ass, titled The New Metamorphosis...

and Testimonials Charles Gildon – The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatic Poets Robert Gould – A Satyr Against Wooing Charles Leslie – A Short...

influential political satire, The New Atalantis (1709), and also by Charles Gildon in the first fully-fledged it-narrative in English, The Golden Spy;...

and Business Edmund Gibson – Synodus Anglicana (on the convocation) Charles Gildon (?) – A Comparison Between the Two Stages (on the "War of the Theatres")...

text planned by Charles Gildon, but Curll, Gildon's prospective publisher warned Manley of the work in progress. She contacted Gildon and arranged for...

Great Britain, once credited to Daniel Defoe but since reattributed to Charles Gildon (d. 1724), with a description of some of the many extraneously added...

seventh volume, including Shakespeare's poems, is perhaps edited by Charles Gildon. Ælfric of Eynsham's An English-Saxon Homily on the Birth-day of St...

kind of critical dogma. Charles de Saint-Évremond placed Jonson's comedies above all else in English drama, and Charles Gildon called Jonson the father...

Pyrates. Written by Himself. Defoe's anonymity is broken in September by Charles Gildon in The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Mr D— De D—, of London...

December 1699 George Farquhar – The Constant Couple Charles Gildon – Measure for Measure Charles Hopkins – Friendship Improv'd; or, The Female Warriour:...

particularly political fables. Also during the later part of the period, Charles Gildon and Edmund Curll began their work on hireling "Lives." Curll was a bookseller...

Trump Victoriana — items from or related to the Victorian era. In 1718, Charles Gildon subtitled The Complete Art of Poetry with "Shakespeariana; or the most...

Bangorian Controversy) Daniel Defoe (attr.) – A Vindication of the Press Charles Gildon – The Complete Art of Poetry Mary Hearne – The Lover's Week Simon Ockley...

Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest Charles Blount – Miscellaneous Works (ed. Charles Gildon) Gilbert Burnet – An Essay on the Memory of the...

Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With his Vision of the Angelick World Charles Gildon – All for the Better (fiction) Thomas Hearne – A Collection of Curious...

the World by William Congreve (1700) Guinoenda in Love's Victim by Charles Gildon (1701) Fulvia in The Ladies Visiting Dayby William Burnaby (1701) Cytheria...

Shaftesbury – Letters from the Late Earl of Shaftesbury, to Robert Molesworth Charles Gildon – The Laws of Poetry Eliza Haywood – Letters from a Lady of Quality...

John Dryden's Religio Laici (1682) and its attacks on deism. In 1693, Charles Gildon edited and published The Oracles of Reason. This book is a collection...

Chamberlaine), Irish novelist and dramatist (died 1766) January 1 – Charles Gildon, English critic and dramatist (born c. 1665) January 15 – George Wheler...

d'Urfey – The Old Mode and the New Richard Estcourt – The Fair Example Charles Gildon – The Patriot (adapted by Nathaniel Lee) John Oldmixon – The Governour...

Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy (written c. 1473) Charles Gildon – A New Rehearsal (an attack on Pope, et al.) Anthony Hamilton – Memoirs...

Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (died 1746) unknown date – Charles Gildon, English popular biographer and translator (died 1724) probable – William...