'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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Main Author: Hutchings, William (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Open Book Publishers 2023
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