Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope (21 Mei 1688 – 30 Mei 1744) adalah penyair Inggris abad ke-18 yang terkenal karena bait-bait satirnya dan terjemahan Homer buatannya. Ia dikenal sering menulis dalam bentuk kuplet heroik. Ia adalah penulis ketiga yang namanya paling banyak disebut di The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations setelah Shakespeare dan Tennyson.

Karya

Karya besar 

 1709: Pastorals
 1711: An Essay on Criticism
 1712: Messiah
 1712: The Rape of the Lock (dilanjutkan lagi tahun 1714)
 1713: Windsor Forest
 1715–1720: Terjemahan Iliad
 1717: Eloisa to Abelard
 1717: Three Hours After Marriage, with others
 1717: Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady
 1723–1725: The Works of Shakespear, in Six Volumes
 1725–1726: Translation of the Odyssey
 1727: Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry
 1728: The Dunciad
 1733–1734: Essay on Man
 1735: The Prologue to the Satires (lihat Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot dan Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?)

Karya lain 

 1700: Ode on Solitude

Edisi 

 The Works of Alexander Pope vol 3 vol 3 v 9 of 10 v 6 of 8

Catatan kaki

Referensi 

 'Alexander Pope', Literature Online biography (Chadwyck-Healey: Cambridge, 2000).
 
 
 
 
 
 Erskine-Hill, Howard. 'Pope, Alexander (1688–1744)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, Sept 2004, online edn, Jan 2008). Accessed 18 April 2009.
  (the definitive biography.)

Pranala luar 

 
 Catholic Encyclopedia, "Alexander Pope"
 BBC audio file. ''In Our Time, radio 4 discussion of Pope.
 University of Toronto "Representative Poetry Online" page on Pope 
 Pope's Grave
 The Twickenham Museum 
 Pope's Grotto Preservation Trust
 Richmond Libraries' Local Studies Collection. Local History . Accessed 2010-10-19
 
 
 Images relating to Alexander Pope  at the English Heritage Archive
 Blue Plaque at 110 Chiswick Lane South, Chiswick, London W4 2LR

Kelahiran 1688
Kematian 1744
Penyair Inggris
Penulis neoklasik
Penulis Katolik Roma
Karya Alexander Pope
Penyair abad ke-18
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