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... role is largely defined by the narrative , the course of events that whatever else he it is his business to relate . In the poems of the 1730s , however , Pope's role is less that of narrator than of correspondent , conversationalist ...
... role is largely defined by the narrative , the course of events that whatever else he it is his business to relate . In the poems of the 1730s , however , Pope's role is less that of narrator than of correspondent , conversationalist ...
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... role of One Just Man , Pope confronts a profound dilemma . On the one hand , his knowledge tells him that it is right to assume this role since all civilized intelligence but his has succumbed to Dulness . On the other hand , his ...
... role of One Just Man , Pope confronts a profound dilemma . On the one hand , his knowledge tells him that it is right to assume this role since all civilized intelligence but his has succumbed to Dulness . On the other hand , his ...
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... roles . Cotta , who " was not void of wit or wealth , " has just enough wit to rationalize his miserliness as a return to ... role or label but by sheer randomness . The limit approached more or less closely by all of the poem's wealth ...
... roles . Cotta , who " was not void of wit or wealth , " has just enough wit to rationalize his miserliness as a return to ... role or label but by sheer randomness . The limit approached more or less closely by all of the poem's wealth ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Human Knowledge and Poetic Structure | 37 |
The Epistolary Pattern | 108 |
Copyright | |
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