The World of Pope's Satires: An Introduction to the Epistles and Imitations of Horace

by Peter Dixon

Book Overview

First published in 1968, The World of Pope's Satires is a stimulating and challenging book showing how the satires written by Pope during the 1730s were not only expressions of his own .poetic personality but were also responsive to the habits and attitudes of the age. The author considers Pope's uses of some current conversational technique (especially that of 'raillery') and of the closely related social ideal of the cultivated gentleman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032195215
• ISBN13: 9781032195216
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages