Alexander Pope: The Poetry of Allusion"One has to look back to Mark Van Doren's momentous John Dryden for a study of a major English poet which is as ambitious in intention and as convincing in execution."--New Statesman. "Will send the reader back to his Pope with an enriched appreciation."--Times Literary Supplement. The paperback reissue of a long out-of-print classic, this volume examines how allusion works in Pope, allowing the modern reader to feel the presence of Virgil, Horace, and Homer much in the way that Pope and his contemporaries felt it and giving readers a concrete sense of the poetic voices that Pope heard as he wrote. |
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... Dryden . Like Dryden he was catholic in his tastes , and he enjoyed an easy commerce with the poetry of the past and present . From his early reading and imitations and translations , it is clear that Pope had direct and lively contact ...
... Dryden . Like Dryden he was catholic in his tastes , and he enjoyed an easy commerce with the poetry of the past and present . From his early reading and imitations and translations , it is clear that Pope had direct and lively contact ...
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... Dryden and surpassing him , Pope became after Chaucer , Shakespeare , and Milton the most European of English poets ... Dryden's achievement in solving a similar problem for the very differ- ent society and literary public of the ...
... Dryden and surpassing him , Pope became after Chaucer , Shakespeare , and Milton the most European of English poets ... Dryden's achievement in solving a similar problem for the very differ- ent society and literary public of the ...
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... Dryden for reaffirming the European tradi- tion in his satirical mode , it is well to recall the conditions of our ... Dryden's achievement matters because the verse through which he draws on the European tradition satisfies us as other ...
... Dryden for reaffirming the European tradi- tion in his satirical mode , it is well to recall the conditions of our ... Dryden's achievement matters because the verse through which he draws on the European tradition satisfies us as other ...
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action allusion beauty become Book brings character charming close comes contrast couplet Criticism death described descriptive divine Dryden earlier effect English epic Epistle especially Essay example expression fact fall familiar feel follow give glory happy hero heroic Homer Horace Horace's Horatian human ideal Iliad imitation ironic irony Italy kind language later learned less light lines literary living Lock manner meaning Milton mind mode moral nature once original painting parody passage pastoral picture poem poet poetic poetry Pope Pope's portrait praise present Rape readers reason reference rhetorical rhythm rise Roman Sarpedon satirical scene seems seen sense song soul style talk things tone tradition translation true turn verse Virgil virtue whole writing