What can a study of Pope tell us about the eighteenth century?
Was Pope the poet of reason, or an anti-establishment prophet?
So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author's life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach, "The Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Pope" is part of a unique series of comprehensive, user-friendly introductions which:
offers basic information on an author's life, contexts, and works
outline the major critical issues surrounding the author's works, from the time they were written to the present
leave judgments up to you, by explaining the full range of often very difficult critical views and interpretations
offer guides to further reading in each area discussed.
This series has a broad focus but one very clear aim: to equip you with " all"the knowledge you need to make your own new readings of crucial literary texts.
Autorentext
Paul Baines is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Liverpool.
Zusammenfassung
So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author's life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. Alexander Pope is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide which: * offers information on Pope's life, contexts and works * outline the major critical issues surrounding his works, from the time they were written to the present *explains the full range of different critical views and interpretations * offers guides to further reading in each area discussed.
Inhalt
Introduction. Section 1: Life and Contexts; A Catholic Childhood; Forest Retreats; Literary London; Kings and Queens; Scriblerus; Epic Intent; Booksellers and Ladies; Works and Days; Twickenham; Shakespeare; Epic of Fleet Street; System and Satire; Horace; Letters; Laureate in Opposition; One Mighty Dunciad; The End Section 2: An Essay on Criticism; Forest Windsor; The Rape of the Lock; Eloisa to Abelard; Essay on Man; Epistles to Several Persons; Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot; Imitations of Horace; The Dunciad; Further Reading Section 3: Criticism; Pope and Poetry; Pope and Politics; Pope, Gender and Body; Pope in Print and Manuscript Further Reading Chronology Bibliography