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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- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. Windsor-Forest.
- Pope, Alexander.
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744--Knowledge--History.
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744--Knowledge--Mythology.
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744--Political and social views.
- Literature and history--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Literature and history.
- Mythology in literature.
- Monarchy in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (360 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A radical new look at the literary and political climate of England during the reign of Queen Anne, as revealed in the work of the greatest poet of the age, Alexander Pope. Rogers provides the fullest account to date of Windsor-Forest (1713), exploring its biographic, historic and political contexts.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Chronology 1700-1716; Introduction; 1. Setting; 2. Biography; 3. Politics; 4. The Queen; 5. Windsor; 6. The War and the Peace; 7. Classical and Renaissance Literature; 8. Later Literary Contexts; Conclusion: Death in Arcady; Sources; Index; Index of Passages in Pope's Poetry
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-329) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04171-7
- 1-280-84395-0
- 0-19-151525-6
- 1-4294-6959-5
- OCLC:
- 476259153
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