Alexander Pope and the Traditions of Formal Verse Satire / / Howard D. Weinbrot.

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 Lib...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1982
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 517
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Physical Description:1 online resource (412 p.)
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Other title: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
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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400857371
9783110413441
9783110413533
9783110442496
DOI:10.1515/9781400857371?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
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