Politeness and Poetry in the Age of PopeInterest in politeness in the eighteenth century is shown to reflect anxiety about social change and indicate a search for guidelines in a newly commercialized society. Evident is the dilemma of poets such as Parnell, Prior, Swift, Gay, and Pope. |
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... Letter Concerning Design " ( 1712 ) , cited by Michael Foss , The Age of Patronage : The Arts in Society , 1660–1750 ... Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope , Fourth Earl of Chesterfield , ed . Bonamy Dobrée ( 1932 ; reprint , 6 vols ...
... Letter Concerning Design " ( 1712 ) , cited by Michael Foss , The Age of Patronage : The Arts in Society , 1660–1750 ... Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope , Fourth Earl of Chesterfield , ed . Bonamy Dobrée ( 1932 ; reprint , 6 vols ...
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... Letters of Love , Gallantry and Several Occasions by the Wits of the Past and Present Age ( London , 1718 ) . 30. See W. J. Courthope , A History of English Poetry , vol . 5 ( London : Mac- millan , 1925 ) , chap . 2 ; C. A. Moore ...
... Letters of Love , Gallantry and Several Occasions by the Wits of the Past and Present Age ( London , 1718 ) . 30. See W. J. Courthope , A History of English Poetry , vol . 5 ( London : Mac- millan , 1925 ) , chap . 2 ; C. A. Moore ...
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... Letter to a Lady Occasion'd by the Arrival of Her Royal High- ness , " 87 ; " My own Epitaph , " 88 ; Poems on Several Occasions , 47 , 88 ; The Present State of Wit , 90 ; Rural Sports , 57 , 96 , 97 , 119 ; Shep- herd's Week , 94-98 ...
... Letter to a Lady Occasion'd by the Arrival of Her Royal High- ness , " 87 ; " My own Epitaph , " 88 ; Poems on Several Occasions , 47 , 88 ; The Present State of Wit , 90 ; Rural Sports , 57 , 96 , 97 , 119 ; Shep- herd's Week , 94-98 ...
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