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James Arbuckle (1700 – 1742?) was an Irish poet and critic, associated politically with Presbyterianism and Whiggism. His birthplace was possibly Belfast, but he was the son of a Presbyterian minister in Dublin, and educated at Glasgow University, where his studies were disrupted by his struggles against Calvinist authorities (concerning the right of students to cast votes for the university's rectorship). He espoused the philosophy of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury.〔The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 6th Edition. Edited by Margaret Drabble, Oxford University Press, 2000 Pp 36〕 His first published work was ''Snuff'' (1717), a mock-epic, which won praise from Allan Ramsay. It was followed by ''Glotta, or, the Clyde'' (1721), a tribute to Scottish life and scenery in which the most ordinary topics (such as golf and swimming) are depicted in high-flown language. His style was similar to that of Alexander Pope, who he was clearly an admirer of.〔Stewart p.81〕 In 1723 he returned to Dublin, where, under the patronage of Robert Molesworth, he edited the ''Weekly Journal'', ''The Tribune'' and ''Hibernicus's Letters'' (a journal of essays later republished in two volumes, 1729). In 1735 he published a scathing satirical attack on Jonathan Swift, whom he had once befriended, entitled ''Momus Mistaken'' with which he inadvertently dented his own reputation. He intended to publish translations of classical works but nothing came of these plans; he became a schoolmaster in northern Ireland and his later life is obscure. His death has been given various dates between 1734 and 1747. Some classical translations and other manuscript poetry are now in the National Library of Wales. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Arbuckle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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