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Selected Poetry Alexander Pope

Selected Poetry By Alexander Pope

Selected Poetry by Alexander Pope


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Alexander Pope is seen by many as the most important poet of the early 18th century. This collection of his poems is introduced by an essay in defence of Pope's poetic practice and an encouragement to see him as a practitioner of the poetry of ideas and of satirical reflection on human society.

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Selected Poetry by Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is regarded by many as the most important poet of the early eighteenth century. An invalid from infancy, Pope devoted his energies towards literature and achieved remarkable success with his first published work at the age of 21. A succession of poems followed, including "An Essay on Criticism" (1711), "Windsor Forest" (1713), and his masterpiece "The Rape of the Lock" (1712). A second period of poetry was begun in 1728 with the appearance of the first Dunciad. All these works, which exhibit Pope's astonishing human insight, his wide sympathies, and powers of social observation (displayed to greatest effect in his talent for satire), feature in this selection. In his introduction - a defence of Pope's poetic practice - Pat Rogers argues that the Romantic conception of poetry as a record of fleeting and subjective states must be abandoned in order to understand Pope fully. Instead, he should be seen as an accomplished practitioner of the poetry of ideas and of satirical reflection on human society.

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GOR005282506
9780192832764
019283276X
Selected Poetry by Alexander Pope
Used - Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
1996-09-05
252
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