A Contradiction Still: Representations of Women in the Poetry of Alexander PopeThis text offers a critique of the views concerning gender and gender roles expressed or implied in Pope's poetry. Knellwolf approaches Pope's stylistic complexity revealing it as an effect of his engagement with a historical situation in which the position of women was one of the most prominent sources of ideological conflict. She provides a discussion of Pope's poetic language and relates it to the wider context of publication in which male writers defended the masculine privilege of literary authorship against intellectual women. |
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... imitation of the Earl of Dorset ; see TE VI , pp . 48–49 . 45 Straub , ' Men from boys ' , p . 226 . 46 For a historically based survey of the association of creativity with male potency see Battersby , Gender and Genius . 47 Hammond ...
... imitation of the Earl of Dorset ; see TE VI , pp . 48–49 . 45 Straub , ' Men from boys ' , p . 226 . 46 For a historically based survey of the association of creativity with male potency see Battersby , Gender and Genius . 47 Hammond ...
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... imitation ( viewed in relation to the contest between classical and modern views ) see Joseph M. Levine , The Battle of the Books : history and literature in the Augustan age ( Ithaca , Cornell University Press , 1991 ) . 17 Martin ...
... imitation ( viewed in relation to the contest between classical and modern views ) see Joseph M. Levine , The Battle of the Books : history and literature in the Augustan age ( Ithaca , Cornell University Press , 1991 ) . 17 Martin ...
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... imitation that has the potential of undermining the original . The ridicule that is generated in the context of the mock form affects the biblical source and asks us to think about its statements under different circumstances . And an ...
... imitation that has the potential of undermining the original . The ridicule that is generated in the context of the mock form affects the biblical source and asks us to think about its statements under different circumstances . And an ...
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Contradiction and the Epistle to a Lady | 1 |
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Violence and representation in WindsorForest | 67 |
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