‘Wit’s Wild Dancing Light’

William Hutchings

Description

The book is a chronological reading of Alexander Pope’s poems, from the Pastorals (1709) to the four-book Dunciad (1743). Each of the 26 chapters forming the volume selects examples for detailed scrutiny, demonstrating how close reading can generate understanding of a whole poem and how critical appraisal can build into a creative survey of an entire poetic career. The book’s approach is intended to be both scholarly and accessible and 'Wit's Wild Dancing Light' will be of interest to scholars, students and anybody interested in Pope’s masterful poetry.
 

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• Critical appraisal
• Age of Enlightenment
• Poetry
• Alexander Pope

Informations

• Publié par: Open Book Publishers
• Date de parution: 19 décembre 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781800644144
• Langue: English

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