1st Edition
The World of Pope's Satires An Introduction to the Epistles and Imitations of Horace
By Peter Dixon
Copyright 1968
240 Pages
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Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1968, The World of Pope’s Satires is a stimulating and challenging book showing how the satires written by Pope during the 1730s were not only expressions of his own .poetic personality but were also responsive to the habits and attitudes of the age. The author considers Pope’s uses of some current conversational technique (especially that of ‘raillery’) and of the closely... Read more
List of plates Preface A note on texts and titles 1. ‘Alexander Pope of Twickenham’ 2. ‘Talking upon Paper’ 3. The complete gentleman 4. Rural virtue 5. Courtly vice 6. ‘No Follower, but a Friend’ 7. Mammon 8. ‘The Stoic’s pride’ 9. Discords and harmonies Additional notes and references Indexes
Biography
Peter Dixon
