Alexander Pope |
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| Author:
| Gooneratne, Yasmine |
| Series title: | British and Irish Authors Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-29051-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1976 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Pope's poetry has to struggle against the assumptions that verse two centuries ago, filled with allusions to forgotten myths and contemporary personalities, can have little to say that is 'relevant'. Professor Gooneratne's study effectively shows how these barriers can be surmounted by the reader, allowing Pope's work to make its impact upon the imagination in its own way, as the expression of a powerful poetic personality which developed over forty years of continuous authorship.
Pope's poetry has to struggle against the assumptions that verse two centuries ago, filled with allusions to forgotten myths and contemporary personalities, can have little to say that is 'relevant'. Professor Gooneratne's study effectively shows how these barriers can be surmounted by the reader, allowing Pope's work to make its impact upon the imagination in its own way, as the expression of a powerful poetic personality which developed over forty years of continuous authorship.