The Major WorksThis authoritative edition was first published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Pope's poetry and prose - the major poems in their entirety, together with translations, criticism, letters and other prose - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Pope has often been termed the first truly professional poet in English, whose dealings with the book trade helped to produce the literary market-place of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this representative selection of Pope's most important work, the texts are presented in chronological sequence so that the Moral Essays and Imitations of Horace are restored to their original position in his career. The Dunciad, The Rape of the Lock, and Peri Bathous are presented in full, together with a characteristic sample of Pope's prose, including satires, pamphlets, and periodical writing. The influential preface to his edition of Shakespeare is here, as well as passages from his conversations with Joseph Spence and examples of his wide-ranging correspondence. This fine edition features a comprehensive biographical index, as well as an introduction and invaluable notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... rule . Where the age often cultivated a pose of genteel amateurism , he stood out as a serious player in the literary market - place . From an early age he was dedicated , purposeful , single - minded ; he brought the intensity of a ...
... rule . Where the age often cultivated a pose of genteel amateurism , he stood out as a serious player in the literary market - place . From an early age he was dedicated , purposeful , single - minded ; he brought the intensity of a ...
Page xvi
... rule , with Walpole against all the odds entrenched even more firmly in power , provided Pope with a fresh burst of imaginative energy . The first version of The Dunciad appeared in May 1728 , twenty months after Gulliver and four ...
... rule , with Walpole against all the odds entrenched even more firmly in power , provided Pope with a fresh burst of imaginative energy . The first version of The Dunciad appeared in May 1728 , twenty months after Gulliver and four ...
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... rules with regard to cues for direct speech . Thus , a line from the Iliad runs in the original : Return ? ( said Hector , fir'd with stern Disdain ) This is modernized as follows : ' Return ? ' , said Hector , fired with stern disdain ...
... rules with regard to cues for direct speech . Thus , a line from the Iliad runs in the original : Return ? ( said Hector , fir'd with stern Disdain ) This is modernized as follows : ' Return ? ' , said Hector , fired with stern disdain ...
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... rules , which are but methodised Nature , v . 88 . Rules derived from the practice of the ancient poets , v . id . to 110 . 86. solet esse gravis cantantibus umbra , Juniperi gravis umbra . Virgil . 89 f . These four last lines allude ...
... rules , which are but methodised Nature , v . 88 . Rules derived from the practice of the ancient poets , v . id . to 110 . 86. solet esse gravis cantantibus umbra , Juniperi gravis umbra . Virgil . 89 f . These four last lines allude ...
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... Rules for the conduct of manners in a critic , 1. Candour , v . 563. Modesty , v . 566. Good breeding , v . 572. Sincerity , and freedom of advice , v . 578 . 2. When one's counsel is to be restrained , v . 584. Character of an ...
... Rules for the conduct of manners in a critic , 1. Candour , v . 563. Modesty , v . 566. Good breeding , v . 572. Sincerity , and freedom of advice , v . 578 . 2. When one's counsel is to be restrained , v . 584. Character of an ...
Contents
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The Guardian no 173 | 62 |
The Wife of Bath from Chaucer | 66 |
The Rape of the Lock | 77 |
An Epistle to Allen Lord Bathurst | 250 |
The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated | 265 |
An Essay on Man | 270 |
Letter to Swift 20 April 1733 | 309 |
The Fourth Satire of Dr John Donne Versified | 311 |
An Epistle to Sir Richard Temple Lord Cobham | 319 |
The Second Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated | 327 |
The Second Satire of the First Book of Horace Imitated in the Manner of Mr Pope | 332 |
To Belinda on the Rape of the Lock | 100 |
Letter to Martha Blount November 1714 | 101 |
The Temple of Fame | 103 |
A Farewell to London in the Year 1715 | 118 |
Epistle to Mr Jervas | 120 |
Epistle to Miss Blount on her Leaving the Town after the Coronation | 122 |
A Full and True Account of a Horrid and Barbarous Revenge | 124 |
A Further Account of the Condition of Edmund Curll | 128 |
Letter to Lord Burlington November 1716 | 134 |
Eloisa to Abelard | 137 |
Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady | 147 |
Letter to Teresa and Martha Blount September 1717 | 150 |
Letter to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1718 | 151 |
The Iliad Book XVIII | 155 |
To Mr Gay | 173 |
To Mr Addison | 174 |
Epistle to Robert Earl of Oxford | 176 |
Letter to Swift August 1723 | 177 |
Letter to Martha Blount 22 June 1724 | 179 |
Preface to the Works of Shakespeare | 183 |
Peri Bathous or the Art of Sinking in Poetry | 195 |
Letter to Swift 28 November 1729 | 239 |
Epitaph Intended for Sir Isaac Newton | 242 |
Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot | 336 |
An Epistle to a Lady | 350 |
The Second Satire of Dr John Donne Versified | 358 |
Letter to Swift 25 March 1736 | 361 |
The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace Imitated | 363 |
The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace Imitated | 372 |
The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated | 385 |
The First Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated | 389 |
Dialogue I | 394 |
Dialogue II | 400 |
Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog | 408 |
Epitaph for One who would not be Buried in Westminster Abbey | 409 |
The Dunciad | 411 |
Epitaph on Bounce | 572 |
Conversations with Joseph Spence | 573 |
Notes | 575 |
Further Reading | 710 |
Biographical Index | 714 |
Index of Titles | 734 |
Index of First Lines | 736 |
Index of Correspondents | 738 |
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