{"product_id":"alexander-pope-poems","title":"Alexander Pope Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a young man Pope shot to fame with \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of the Lock\u003c\/i\u003e, a light-hearted mock-heroic poem about a trivial society scandal, still his best remembered work. Wit and irony, dazzling technical mastery  - he perfected the English heroic couplet - acute social observation and insight into human nature were to become the hallmarks of his verse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePope is one of the most quoted of English poets - ''For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread'', ''A little learning is a dangerous thing'', ''To err is human, to forgive, divine'', all originate from his pen. While his poetry generally has suffered some neglect in recent decades, Professor Claude Rawson''s selection persuasively demonstrates why it should be back in fashion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe aspired to make out of verse satire a serious and dignified form, and his culminating work, \u003ci\u003eThe Dunciad\u003c\/i\u003e, achieves a tragic gravity which transcends its satirical mockeries. An elevated and ironic reflection on culture, it created a new genre which led eventually to the modern masterpiece of T. S. Eliot''s \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePope was a precocious talent and anxious to advertise the fact, inserting such subtitles as “Done by the Author at 12 years old” into his early published poems. He adopted many poetic forms, and this anthology includes graceful and witty lyrics, verse letters to friends in the Horatian mode, a number of devotional poems, and a variety of important discursive poems on literary and political themes, including \u003ci\u003eAn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEssay on Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWindsor-Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn Essay on Man\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition uses the text of the Oxford Standard Authors edition by Herbert Davis of Pope’s \u003ci\u003ePoetical Works\u003c\/i\u003e, 1966. Complete poems rather than excerpts have been selected. The beautifully typeset text is enhanced by illustrations by William Kent from the first edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Dunciad.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316337615230,"sku":"NW9781841598154","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781841598154.jpg?v=1778694505","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/alexander-pope-poems","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}