Critical Essays on Alexander PopeWallace Jackson, R. Paul Yoder Editors Jackson and Yoder have confined their selection of essays to those from the last 20 years and particularly those since 1980. The essays are general in nature rather than confining themselves to a specific work, in an attempt to place Pope in the broader perspective of representing the whole person, as opposed to earlier criticism that depicted him as a skilled craftsman and a poet of eminent good sense. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... Milton , whose rediscovery had encouraged the shift in poetic taste during the 1740s of which Warton had been a part . In response , Joseph's brother Thomas Warton produced his 1785 edition of Milton's early verse to confront Johnson's ...
... Milton , whose rediscovery had encouraged the shift in poetic taste during the 1740s of which Warton had been a part . In response , Joseph's brother Thomas Warton produced his 1785 edition of Milton's early verse to confront Johnson's ...
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... Milton . To which the answer would be : Precisely so ; they are Milton's words and you have done nothing to make them your own . " It is not unlikely that part of Pope's defense ( had he cared to make one ) would have been very similar ...
... Milton . To which the answer would be : Precisely so ; they are Milton's words and you have done nothing to make them your own . " It is not unlikely that part of Pope's defense ( had he cared to make one ) would have been very similar ...
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... Milton's age of Nimrod , a perversion of man's heroic impulses : Proud Nimrod first the bloody Chace began , A mighty Hunter , and his Prey was Man . ( II . 61-62 ) This , in turn , is converted into peace by the talisman of poet ...
... Milton's age of Nimrod , a perversion of man's heroic impulses : Proud Nimrod first the bloody Chace began , A mighty Hunter , and his Prey was Man . ( II . 61-62 ) This , in turn , is converted into peace by the talisman of poet ...
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A Literary Life 222 | 21 |
from Locke and the Scriblerians | 28 |
New Contexts | 52 |
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