Alexander Pope : the critical heritage / edited by John Barnard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnard, John.

Series:

Critical heritage series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744--Criticism and interpretation.

Pope, Alexander.

Authors, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995, c1973.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels.The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism fr

Contents:

ALEXANDER POPE THE CRITICAL HERITAGE; Copyright; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Note on the Text; Part I Contemporary Criticism 1705-44; General reactions 1705-20; I William Wycherley, April I705; 2 (a) John Gay on Pope, May 1712; (b) Joseph Addison on Pope, October 1712; 3 John Dennis, from A True Character of Mr. Pope, May 1716; 4 Leonaed Welsted, from Palcemon to Ccelia, March 1717; 5 Thomas Parnell, 'To Mr. Pope', I717; 6 (a) Giles Jacob, from The Poetical Register, December 1718; (b) Dr Abel Evans, July 1719; Pastorals (1709)

7 Reactions 1705-9(a) Lord Landowne, 1705 or 1706; (b) William Walsh, April 1705; (c) Jacob Tonson, April 1706; (d) William Walsh, September 1706; (e) William Wycherley, May 1709; 8 William Wycherley's public acclamation, 1709; 9 Alexander Pope, The Guardian, April 1713; An Essay on Criticism (1711); 10 John Dennis, from Reflections Critical and Satyrical, June 1711; 11 Joseph Addison, from The Spectator, December 1711; 12 Charles Gildon's first attack, December 1711; 13 Aaron Hill, May 1738; 14 Two contrasting views; (a) Sir Thomas Hanmer (?), 1736

(b) Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, January-February 1741Messiah (1712); 15 Sir Richard Steele, June 1712; Windsor Forest (1713); 16 John Dennis, December 1714; 17 William Bond, from The Progress of Dulness, June 1720; The Rape of the Lock (1714); 18 (a) Sir William Trumbull, March 1714; (b) Rev. George Berkeley, May 1714; 19 Charles Gildon, from A New Rehearsal April 1714; 20 John Dennis, from Remarks on the Rape of the Lock, May 1714ff.; 21 William Bond, from The Progress of Dulness, June 1720; 22 Matthew Concanen, from 'Of Modern Poetry', November 1725

23 P.-F. Guyot, 'Preface du Traducteur', 172824 Two Italian assessments; (a) Andrea Bonducci, 1739; (b) Giuseppe Buondelmonti, 1739; Iliad (1715-20); 25 Richard Fiddes, from A Prefatory Epistle, 1714; 26 Thomas Burnet and George Duckett, from Homerides, March 1715; 27 (a) Anonymous, The Weekly Journal, June 1715; (b) Anonymous, The Weekly Journal, June 1715; 28 The public takes sides, June 1715-March 1717; (a) Thomas Parnell, June 1715; (b) Jonathan Swift, June 1715; (c) Dr Erward Young, June 1715; (d) Rev. George Berleley, July 1715; (e) John Gay, July 1715; (f) Thomas Burnet, August 1715

(g) Joseph Addison, from The Freeholder, May 1716(h) J. D. Breval ('Joseph Gay'), from The Confederates, March 1717; 29 Lewis Theobald, from The Censor, January 1717; 30 John Dennis, from Remarks on Mr. Pope's Homer, February 1717; 31 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, September 1717; 32 Anne Dacier, 'Reflexions sur la Preface de M. Pope', 1719; 33 William Melmoth, October 1719; A Roman Catholick Version of the First Psalm (1716); 34 Sir Richard Blackmore, from Essays upon Several Subjects, 1717; Eloisa to Abelard (1717); 35 (a) Matthew Prior, from Alma, March 17

b) James Delacour, preface to Abelard to Eloisa, 173

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-134-78256-X

0-415-56891-9

1-280-09435-4

9786610094356

0-203-19423-3

9780203194232

OCLC:

264467529