Alexander Pope and the traditions of formal verse satire / by Howard D. Weinbrot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinbrot, Howard D., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Pope, Alexander.

Verse satire--History and criticism.

Verse satire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 pages).

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ranging over the tradition of verse satire from the Roman poets to their seventeenth- and eighteenth-century imitators in England and France, Howard D. Weinbrot challenges the common view of Alexander Pope as a Horatian satirist in a Horatian age.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Editorial Notes

CHAPTER 1. Horace and Juvenal in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

CHAPTER 2. Roman Modes of Proceeding: Classical Satire and Norms in Government

CHAPTER 3. Boileau: "As Horace did before me, so will I"

CHAPTER 4. British Modes of Proceeding: National Character and Satiric Forms

CHAPTER 5. Responses to Pope

CHAPTER 6. Pope's Epistles to Several Persons: A System of Ethics in the Horatian Way

CHAPTER 7. The Mingled Muse: Pope's First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated

CHAPTER 8. An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot: The Education of an Opposition Satirist

CHAPTER 10. Conclusion

Translations of French Passages

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-64194-3

0-691-61428-8

1-4008-5737-6

OCLC:

889252304