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The Garden and the City : Retirement and Politics in the Later Poetry of Pope 1731-1743 / Maynard Mack.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mack, Maynard, Author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744--Criticism and interpretation.
- Pope, Alexander.
- City and town life in literature.
- Country life in literature.
- Pastoral poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Pastoral poetry, English.
- Political poetry, English--History and criticism.
- Political poetry, English.
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Retirement in literature.
- Verse satire, English--History and criticism.
- Verse satire, English.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 341 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- In this work Mr. Mack explores the tension in Pope's life between Garden and City, between the poet's desire for seclusion and privacy and his concern for political and social issues.
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Plates; I A Poet in His Landscape; II The Shadowy Cave; III Secretum Iter; IV Galling the Horsemen; V Then is the Poet's Time; VI Mighty Opposites; Epilogue; Appendices; A; B; C; D; E; F; Notes to the Plates; Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-7677-3
- OCLC:
- 1129154120
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