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.

Sommario

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Felicity Rosslyn, Rosslyn Felicity
• Editore: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.1990
• EAN: 9780333426913
• ISBN: 978-0-333-42691-3
• Pagine: 176
• Illustrazioni: XIII, 176 p.
• Serie: Literary Lives; Literary Life; Literary Life; Literary Lives
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature