Ned Ward
Ned Ward , also known as Edward Ward (* 1660 or 1667 in Oxfordshire , England , † June 20, 1731 in London , England) was an English satirist , author and innkeeper at the end of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Life
There is little information about the origin and the youth wards. Theophilus Cibber calls him a man of low origin who never had a regular upbringing . In 1691 he published his first book in London, in which he lamented his poverty and the fact that he could not earn any income through his writing. In 1698 he had a success with a book about his trip to the port city of Port Royal in the English colony of Jamaica in the West Indies . This was followed by a report, A Trip to New England, about a trip he had never made himself.
His greatest success in the London literary world of that time was The London Spy , which was published from November 1698 in 18 monthly parts. His later printed descriptions of the conditions in London and England of his time were marketed as being written by the author of the “London Spy” .
Political commitment
Since 1698 Ward campaigned for the interests of the so-called High Church within the Anglican Church of England. Between 1705 and 1707 there appeared 24 monthly publications of his work Hudibras Redivivus , in which he attacked the ruling class in England, the Whigs . Then he was accused, among others, Queen Anne insulting and was therefore imprisoned in 1706 twice and even twice in London at the pillory found again at the Royal Exchange and again at Charing Cross .
Innkeeper
With George I's accession to the throne , Ward's remarks on political issues became milder. His works were more concerned with his personal experiences as a pub owner and with descriptions of London and other cities in England. These were widespread and were even read in the English colonies in North America , so that the influential Boston Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather warned against reading these pestilences in 1726 .
From 1717 to 1730 he ran the Bacchus Tavern in London's Moorfields. At the turn of the year 1729/1730 he took over The British Coffee House in Fullwood's Rents near Gray's Inn .
Private
It is not certain that Ward was ever legally married. However, an obituary contains the names of his wife and children. His remains were buried in the St. Pancras cemetery in Middlesex .
Publications
- 1691: The Poet's Ramble after Riches .
- 1695: Female Policy Detected, or, The Arts of a Designing Woman .
- 1698: A Trip to Jamaica .
- from 1698: The London Spy .
- New edition by Kenneth Fenwick, The Folio Society, London 1955.
- 1698: Sot's Paradise .
- from 1698: Ecclesia et factio .
- 1699: A Trip to New England. With a Character of the Country and People, Both English and Indians .
- 1700: A Trip to Bath .
- 1700: A Trip to Stourbridge .
- from 1705: Hudibras Redivivus .
- 17111/1712: Don Quixotte
- 1720: The Delights of the Bottle .
- 1724: The Dancing Devils or: The Roaring Dragon , A. Bettesworth, London.
literature
- Howard William Troyer: Ned Ward of Grub Street: A Study of Sub-literary London in the Eighteenth Century . London 1946 and 1968.
- Fritz-Wilhelm Neumann: Ned Wards London. Secularization, Culture and Capitalism around 1700 . Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7705-4992-4 .
Web links
- A Trip to New England (1706) as etext
- Literature by and about Ned Ward in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ward, Ned |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ward, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English satirist, author and innkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1660 or 1667 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxfordshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1731 |
| Place of death | London , England |