UID:
edoccha_9961370911302883
Format:
1 online resource (302 pages)
ISBN:
1-80064-413-2
Content:
"The book is a chronological reading of Alexander Pope's poems, from the Pastorals (1709) to the four-book Dunciad (1743). Each of the 26 chapters forming the volume selects examples for detailed scrutiny, demonstrating how close reading can generate understanding of a whole poem and how critical appraisal can build into a creative survey of an entire poetic career. The book's approach is intended to be both scholarly and accessible and 'Wit's Wild Dancing Light' will be of interest to scholars, students and anybody interested in Pope's masterful poetry."--Publisher's website.
Note:
Intro -- _Hlk147411989 -- _Hlk147412001 -- About the Author -- A Note to the Text -- Introduction -- 1. Pastorals -- 2. Sappho to Phaon -- 3. An Essay on Criticism -- 4. Windsor Forest -- 5. The Rape of the Lock -- 6. Epistle to Mr Jervas -- 7. Eloisa to Abelard -- 8. Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady -- 9. Homer, The Iliad -- 10. Epistle to Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer -- To Mr Addison -- Epitaph on James Craggs, Esq -- 11. An Essay on Man -- 12. An Epistle to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington -- 13. An Epistle to Allen, Lord Bathurst 14. An Epistle to Sir Richard Temple, Lord Cobham -- 15. Epistle to Miss Blount with the Works of Voiture -- Epistle to Miss Blount, on her Leaving the Town after the Coronation -- An Epistle to a Lady -- 16. The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated -- 17. The Second Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated. To Mr Bethel -- 18. The Second Satire of the First Book of Horace. Imitated in the Manner of Mr Pope -- 19. Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot -- 20. The First Ode of the Fourth Book of Horace: To Venus -- 21. The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace Imitated 22. The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace Imitated. To Augustus -- 23. The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated. To Mr Murray -- 24. The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated. To Lord Bolingbroke -- 25. Epilogue to the Satires: Dialogues I and II -- 26. The Dunciad -- Bibliography -- Index.
Language:
English
