1st Edition

Alexander Pope

By G.S. Fraser Copyright 1978
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1978, Alexander Pope is an introduction to Pope’s life and work, which sets the poet solidly in his age and relates the liveliness and variety of his poetry to the strange combination of chronic invalidism and a sociable disposition which marked his life. G. S. Fraser argues that Pope is a more varied figure than his reputation as a great satirist indicates and that he is in... Read more

Preface Introduction 1. Pope: A Poet between Two Ages 2. Pope’s Character and History 3. The Volume of 1717: the Various Young Poet 4. Pope and Homer 5. An Essay on Man: Pope as Poet of Cosmic Order 6. Moral Essays: Pope as a Moral Philosopher 7. Pope as a Satirist 8. Pope and the Critics Select Bibliography Index

Biography

George S. Fraser