'Wit's Wild Dancing Light' Reading the Poems of Alexander Pope
The book is a chronological reading of Alexander Pope's poems, from the Pastorals (1709) to the four-book Dunciad (1743). Each of the 26 chapters forming the volume selects examples for detailed scrutiny, demonstrating how close reading can generate understanding of a whole poem and how critica...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Open Book Publishers
2023
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| Summary: | The book is a chronological reading of Alexander Pope's poems, from the Pastorals (1709) to the four-book Dunciad (1743). Each of the 26 chapters forming the volume selects examples for detailed scrutiny, demonstrating how close reading can generate understanding of a whole poem and how critical appraisal can build into a creative survey of an entire poetic career. The book's approach is intended to be both scholarly and accessible and 'Wit's Wild Dancing Light' will be of interest to scholars, students and anybody interested in Pope's masterful poetry. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (314 p.) |
| ISBN: | OBP.0372 9781800643000 9781800643017 9781800646735 9781800644144 9781800644151 |
| Access: | Open Access |