Synopses & Reviews
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 the
Moral Essays and
Imitations of Horace are 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, and Imitations of Horace are 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.
About the Author
Pat Rogers is the editor of
The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature and of Boswell's
Life of Johnson in OWC. His most recent book is
Pope and the Destiny of the Stuarts (OUP, 2005).