Alexander Pope: The Poetry of Allusion

by Reuben Arthur Brower

"One has to look back to Mark Van Doren's momentous John Dryden for a study of a major English poet which is as ambitious in intention and as convincing in execution."--New Statesman. "Will send the reader back to his Pope with an enriched appreciation."--Times Literary Supplement. The paperback reissue of a long out-of-print classic, this volume examines how allusion works in Pope, allowing the modern reader to feel the presence of Virgil, Horace,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198811497
• ISBN13: 9780198811497
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"