Book cover for The Major Works
Description
Alexander Pope has often been termed the first true professional poet in English, whose dealings with the book trade helped to produce the literary marketplace 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 theMoral EssaysandImitations of Horaceare restored to their original position in his career.
This edition represents the single most comprehensive anthology of Pope's works.The Duncaid, The Rape of the Lock,andImitations of Horaceare presented in full, together with a characteristic sample of Pope's prose, including satires, pamphlets, and periodical writing. This edition also includes a further reading list, an invaluable biographical index as well as indexes of titles, first lines, and correspondences.
Publisher Oxford University Press Incorporated
ISBN10 019920361X
ISBN13 9780199203611
Number of Pages 768
File Size DL-561MB
Shelf Number JD059
Grade Range
Ages 18 - 99
Format Audio Plus Download, EPub Download