Pope and the destiny of the Stuarts : history, politics, and mythology in the age of Queen Anne / Pat Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Pat, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. Windsor-Forest.

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744--Knowledge and learning--History.

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.

History.

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744--Knowledge and learning--Mythology.

Mythology.

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744--Political and social views.

Literature and history--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Literature and history.

Political and social views.

Great Britain.

Mythology in literature.

Monarchy in literature.

Physical Description:

xviii, 341 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

This radical new look at the literary and political climate of England during the reign of Queen Anne examines the work of the greatest poet of the age, Alexander Pope. Pope and the Destiny of the Stuarts provides the fullest contextual account to date of Windsor-Forest (1713), widely seen asa key text in the evolution of early eighteenth-century poetry. It examines the poem's topical and political aspects and offers a reconfiguration of Pope's early career, demonstrating that this was a pivotal period, marking a critical watershed in both his personal and literary development. The bookgives a complete account of Pope's life and work in his early twenties, and supplies a new political interpretation, including a careful analysis of possible Jacobite colourings.Attention is directed towards a range of literary, historical, ideological, and artistic issues. The book draws on classical studies (the role of Virgil and Ovid especially), Renaissance scholarship, literary history, political history, and artistic contexts. The key ideas and techniques ofWindsor-Forest are related to Pope's other early works, including the Pastorals and, centrally, The Rape of the Lock.Rogers goes on to reassess the poet's dealings with the Scriblerus group. He shows previously unnoted textual connections with the work of Swift, Gay, Parnell, and also Prior, and casts fresh light on the tortuous process of composition and revision of Windsor-Forest, with a description of themanuscript and an account of the publishing and textual history, while numerous allusions are traced for the first time.Pope and the Destiny of the Stuarts will be of interest to scholars and students of eighteenth-century literature, history, and politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-329) and index.

ISBN:

0199274398

OCLC:

61748595

Publisher Number:

9780199274390