Alexander Pope - A Literary Life

Part of a series which follows the outline of writers' working lives, aiming to trace the professional, publishing and social contexts which shaped their writing. This is a sympathetic portrait of the poet who overcame the obscurity of his origins to become the uncrowned Laureate of his age.

List of contents

Preface - Chronological Table - Introduction - Early Life and Juvenilia - Out in the World - Making it New - Rewards of Fame and its Hazards - Reforming the Mind - Virtue and her Friends - The Progress of Dulness - Conclusion - Appendix - Footnotes - Further Reading - Index

Summary

Part of a series which follows the outline of writers' working lives, aiming to trace the professional, publishing and social contexts which shaped their writing. This is a sympathetic portrait of the poet who overcame the obscurity of his origins to become the uncrowned Laureate of his age.

Product details

• Authors: Felicity Rosslyn, Rosslyn Felicity
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1990
• EAN: 9780333426913
• ISBN: 978-0-333-42691-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Illustrations: XIII, 176 p.
• Series: Literary Lives; Literary Life; Literary Life; Literary Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures