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| This study of Alexander Pope, the dominant figure of eighteenth
century literature, traces his poetry from the early Pastorals
and his brilliant mock-epic The Rape of the Lock, through the
Essays and verse Epistles and on to his final swingeing satire
The Dunciad. The targets of his satire – the dumbing-down of
literature, the corruption of politicians, the rise of City
Money-Men, and society’s obsession with trivia – show that his
views are as relevant in our day as they were in his. |
| Neil Curry is both poet and critic. He is
the author of a study of the 18th-century poet Christopher Smart.
Curry’s New & Selected Poems entitled Other Rooms
was published in 2007, as was his topographical book on the
Cumberland Coast. He lives in the Lake District. |
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| About the Student Guide Literary Series |
| The Times Educational Supplement: "The
style of [this series] has a pressure of meaning behind it.
Students should learn from that...If art is about selection,
perception and taste, then this is it." |
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