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The Major Works
Alexander Pope
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Description for The Major Works
Paperback. This authoritative edition was first published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Pope's poetry and prose - the major poems in their entirety, together with translations, criticism, letters and other prose - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Editor(s): Rogers, Pat. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages, one map. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 546.
This authoritative edition was first published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Pope's poetry and prose - the major poems in their entirety, together with translations, criticism, letters and other prose - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Pope has often been termed the first truly professional poet in English, whose dealings with the book trade helped to produce the literary market-place of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this representative selection of Pope's most important work, the texts are presented in ... Read more
This authoritative edition was first published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Pope's poetry and prose - the major poems in their entirety, together with translations, criticism, letters and other prose - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Pope has often been termed the first truly professional poet in English, whose dealings with the book trade helped to produce the literary market-place of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this representative selection of Pope's most important work, the texts are presented in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199537617
SKU
V9780199537617
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About Alexander Pope
Pat Rogers is the editor of The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature and of Boswell's Life of Johnson in OWC. His most recent book is Pope and the Destiny of the Stuarts (OUP, 2005).
Reviews for The Major Works
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
Dr Elizabeth Wright, Senior Lecturer in English, Bath Spa University