Alexander Pope : world and word
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Alexander Pope : world and word
（Proceedings of the British Academy, 91）
Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction / Howard Erskine-Hill
- Pope and slavery / Howard Erskine-Hill
- Pope's Homer : the shadow of friendship / Hester Jones
- Heroic notes : Pope's epic idiom revisited / Claude Rawson
- From text to word : the presentation and re-presentation of epistles to several persons / Julian Ferraro
- The ambitious pursuit : Pope, Gay and the life of writing / David Nokes
- Reception, and "The rape of the lock", and Richardson / Thomas Keymer
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the last three decades, the best work on Alexander Pope has been contextual and biographical. Without relegating the understanding of Pope gained by such study, this volume seeks to point the way back from context to text - from Pope's world to a fresh exploration of his verbal artistry, and the subtle processes of his composition and revision, from manuscripts to the various stages of print. The six papers in this volume focus on topics and issues important to Pope but rarely discussed. They range from Howard Erskine-Hill's exploration of Pope's work in relation to slavery (the leading human issue of the time), to Hester Jones's subtle examination of the non-sexual relation between female and male. The book explores several quite new aspects of Pope, as well as looking afresh at features of his work which are perennially important.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Pope and Slavery
- Pope's Homer: the Shadow of Friendship
- Heroic Notes: Pope's Epic Idiom Revised
- From Text to Work: the Presentation and Re-Presentation of Epistles to Several Persons
- The Ambitious Pursuit: Pope, Gay and the Life of Writing
- Reception, and The Rape of the Lock, and Richardson
- Index
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