The Major Works [Paperback]

Alexander Pope has often been termed the first true professional poet in English, whose dealings with the book trade helped to produce the literary marketplace of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this representative selection of Pope's most important work, the texts are presented in chronological sequence so that theMoral EssaysandImitations of Horaceare restored to their original position in his career.
This edition represents the single most comprehensive anthology of Pope's works.The Duncaid, The Rape of the Lock,andImitations of Horaceare presented in full, together with a characteristic sample of Pope's prose, including satires, pamphlets, and periodical writing. This edition also includes a further reading list, an invaluable biographical index as well as indexes of titles, first lines, and correspondences.

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This edition covers Pope's most significant poems, and combines them with useful secondary material from key letters and essays. The edition is also good for making links to Pope's interest in the Classical world. - Dr Elizabeth Wright, Senior Lecturer in English, Bath Spa University