Alexander Pope's Catholic Vision: "Slave to No Sect"

by G. Douglas Atkins

This lively, accessible book reveals the character - and timeliness - of Alexander Pope's thinking and art. G. Douglas Atkins focuses on the religious position of a poet who would not abandon the Roman Catholic Church. In our own highly partisan culture, such a position offers an important example. Bringing his expertise in religion and literature to bear, Atkins establishes that Pope was, as an anti-sectarian, not a Deist but a Catholic, a layman,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137344776
• ISBN13: 9781137344779
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 69 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"