| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages) |
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Princeton Legacy Library |
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. Pope the Man -- 1. An Approach to Pope -- 2. Pope's Selves: A View of His Literary Personality -- II. Studies in Pope's Poems -- 3. "Candidate for Praise": The 1717 Volume -- 4. Poetry and Friendship: The Familiar Epistles -- 5. "Ourselves to Know": The Poet in An Essay on Man -- 6. Personal Drama in Pope's Horatian Imitations -- 7. Pope in the Dunciad -- Index |
| Summary |
What is the precise relation between the ""Pope"" of the poems and the Pope of history? Seeking to clarify the nature of the intimate link between the historical self and the idealized self of the poetry, Dustin Griffin examines the various ways in which Pope's poems may be said to be self-expressive. He brings a sensitive critical reading of the texts and an impressive knowledge of the poet's life and writings to his discussion of poems from the entire range of the poet's career. The author argues that Pope is present in his poems as a private person whose special imaginative and psycholog |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 fast |
| Subject |
Autobiography in literature.
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Poets in literature.
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Self in literature.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Autobiography in literature
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Poets in literature
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Self in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400869244 |
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1400869242 |
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