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The Cambridge Companion to Alexander Pope

Part of Cambridge Companions to Literature

Editor: Pat Rogers, University of South Florida

Pat Rogers, Helen Deutsch, David Nokes, John Sitter, Cynthia Wall, Steven Shankman, Howard D. Weinbrot, David Fairer, Brian Young, Howard Erskine-Hill, Paul Baines, Malcolm Kelsall, Catherine Ingrassia, James McLaverty, Valerie Rumbold, G. S. Rousseau, Laura Brown

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Date Published: December 2007
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521549448

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Alexander Pope was the greatest poet of his age and the dominant influence on eighteenth-century British poetry. His large oeuvre, written over a thirty-year period, encompasses satires, odes and political verse and reflects the sexual, moral and cultural issues of the world around him, often in brilliant lines and phrases which have become part of our language today. This is the first overview to analyse the full range of Pope's work and to set it in its historical and cultural context. Specially commissioned essays by leading scholars explore all of Pope's major works, including the sexual politics of The Rape of the Lock, the philosophical enquiries of An Essay on Man and the Moral Essays, and the mock-heroic of The Dunciad in its various forms. This volume will be indispensable not only for students and scholars of Pope's work, but also for all those interested in the Augustan age.
- Covers all of Pope's major works from a variety of critical perspectives
- Features much close analysis of Pope's style through close readings
- An authoritative and up-to-date book by international experts on Pope and his time
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Product details
- Date Published: December 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521549448
- length: 278 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.5kg
- contains: 4 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Chronology
Introduction Pat Rogers
1. Pope, self, and world Helen Deutsch
2. Pope's friends and enemies: fighting with shadows David Nokes
3. Pope's versification and voice John Sitter
4. Poetic spaces Cynthia Wall
5. Pope's Homer and his poetic career Steven Shankman
6. Pope and the classics Howard D. Weinbrot
7. Pope and the Elizabethans David Fairer
8. Pope in Arcadia: pastoral and its dissolution Pat Rogers
9. Pope and ideology Brian Young
10. Pope and the poetry of opposition Howard Erskine-Hill
11. Crime and punishment Paul Baines
12. Landscapes and estates Malcolm Kelsall
13. Money Catherine Ingrassia
14. Pope and the book trade James McLaverty
15. Pope and gender Valerie Rumbold
16. Medicine and the body G. S. Rousseau
17. Pope and the other Laura Brown
Guide to further reading
Index.
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Editor
Pat Rogers, University of South Florida
Pat Rogers is DeBartolo Chair in the Liberal Arts at the University of South Florida.
Contributors
Pat Rogers, Helen Deutsch, David Nokes, John Sitter, Cynthia Wall, Steven Shankman, Howard D. Weinbrot, David Fairer, Brian Young, Howard Erskine-Hill, Paul Baines, Malcolm Kelsall, Catherine Ingrassia, James McLaverty, Valerie Rumbold, G. S. Rousseau, Laura Brown