Author: Alexander PopePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 348
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“The” Works of Alexander Pope, Esq
Author: Alexander PopeThe works of Alexander Pope
Author: Alexander PopeThe Poet and the Publisher
Author: Pat RogersPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789144191
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
“Drawing on deep familiarity with the period and its personalities, Rogers has given us a witty and richly detailed account of the ongoing war between the greatest poet of the eighteenth century and its most scandalous publisher.”—Leo Damrosch, author of The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age “What sets Rogers’s history apart is his ability to combine fastidious research with lucid, unpretentious prose. History buffs and literary-minded readers alike are in for a punchy, drama-filled treat.”—Publishers Weekly The quarrel between the poet Alexander Pope and the publisher Edmund Curll has long been a notorious episode in the history of the book, when two remarkable figures with a gift for comedy and an immoderate dislike of each other clashed publicly and without restraint. However, it has never, until now, been chronicled in full. Ripe with the sights and smells of Hanoverian London, The Poet and Publisher details their vitriolic exchanges, drawing on previously unearthed pamphlets, newspaper articles, and advertisements, court and government records, and personal letters. The story of their battles in and out of print includes a poisoning, the pillory, numerous instances of fraud, and a landmark case in the history of copyright. The book is a forensic account of events both momentous and farcical, and it is indecently entertaining.
Supplemental Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq
Author: Alexander PopeThe Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: The Dunciad, in four books
Author: Alexander PopeThe Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq
Author: Alexander PopeThe Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: The dunciad, in four books
Author: Alexander PopeThe Works Of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements ; As They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death : Together With The Commentaries and Notes Of Mr. Warburton
Author: Alexander PopeThe Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq
Author: Alexander PopeThe Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq
Author: Alexander PopePublisher:
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Category : Miniature books
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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