Alexander Pope
Subtitle: the evolution of a poet
By: Netta Murray Goldsmith.
Series: Studies in early modern English literature
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744; Authors and readers -- England -- History -- 18th century; Poets, English -- 18th century -- Biography; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- 18th century; Creative ability -- History -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I How Alexander Pope Became a Poet 1 On Being a Papist 17 2 The 'Itch of Poetry' 26 3 The Apprentice 36 Part II How Pope Courted the Judges 4 Launching a Career 51 5 A Poet's Manifesto 62 6 Making Use of 'ev'ry Friend - and ev'ry Foe' 68 7 On Being Original 74 8 Support Groups 82 Part III Fighting the Opposition 9 Attack - the Best Method of Defence: Strategies 101 10 Homer's Pension 111 11 A Poet and War 123 12 The Art ofLove 135 Part IV The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time 13 Loss 145 14 Conspiracies 157 15 Failure all Round 164 Part V Pope Recreates Himself 16 The Return 175 17 Into the Arena 183 18 Bolingbroke: The 'Master of the Song'? 195 19 A New Battlefield 204 20 The Credentials of a Moralist 214 21 Pope and the Women 223 22 What the Letters Tell Us 231 23 The Patriots: A Game of Hide and Seek 236 24 Exit a Political Activist 245 Part VI Looking to Posterity 25 A Closet Editor 255 26 Pope's 'Bulldog' 262 27 Putting Things in Order 272 28 The Death of a Public Figure 282 Afterword: Pope Past and Present 288 Select Bibliography 292.