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... Politics Pope is perhaps better known than any other poet in our literature for his close involvement with politics , yet until the last ten years or so of his life he went out of his way to cultivate a neutral position towards political ...
... Politics Pope is perhaps better known than any other poet in our literature for his close involvement with politics , yet until the last ten years or so of his life he went out of his way to cultivate a neutral position towards political ...
Page 121
... political opposition . But this is to anticipate an account of Pope's earlier position with regard to party politics . He first came to public notice as a promising poet during those years at the end of Queen Anne's reign in which party ...
... political opposition . But this is to anticipate an account of Pope's earlier position with regard to party politics . He first came to public notice as a promising poet during those years at the end of Queen Anne's reign in which party ...
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... Political History : Perhaps the best starting point here is A.S. TURBERVILLE , English Men and Manners in the Eighteenth Century ( Oxford University Press , 1926 ; reprinted 1957 ) . This is an illustrated guide to the social , political ...
... Political History : Perhaps the best starting point here is A.S. TURBERVILLE , English Men and Manners in the Eighteenth Century ( Oxford University Press , 1926 ; reprinted 1957 ) . This is an illustrated guide to the social , political ...
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The experimenting poet 17091717 | 8 |
Epitaph | 26 |
Grub Street and the war with the Dunces | 43 |
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