Alexander Pope eBooks

The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. E-book. Formato PDF Alexander Pope   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

All that rs left us is to recommend our produc tions by the imitation of the ancients: and it will be found true, that m every age, the highest cha racter for sense and learning has been obtained b those who have been most indebted to them.

The Works of Alexander Pope: In One Volume Complete, With Notes. E-book. Formato PDF Alexander Pope   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

I am afraid this extreme zeal on both sides is ill-placed; poe try and criticism being by no means the universal concern of the world, but only the affair of idle men who write in their closets, and, of idle men who read there.

The Rape of the Lock: And Other Poems. E-book. Formato PDF Alexander Pope   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

In the general introduction the editor has aimed not so much to recite the facts of Pope's life as to draw the portrait of a man whom he believes to have been too often misunderstood and misrepresented. The special introductions to the various poems are intended to acquaint the student with the circum stances under which they were composed, to trace their literary genesis and relationships, and, whenever necessary, to give an outline of the train of thought which they embody. In conclusion the editor would express the hope that his labors in the preparation of this book may help, if only in some slight degree, to stimulate the study of the work of a poet who, with all his limitations, remains one of the abiding glories of English literature, and may contribute not less to a proper ap preciation of a man who with all his faults was, on the evidence of those who knew him best, not only a great poet, 'but a very human and lovable personality.