LEADER 03956nam 22006972 450 001 9910824803603321 005 20231206223503.0 010 $a1-138-66518-5 010 $a1-315-65326-5 010 $a1-317-31554-5 010 $a1-282-50233-6 010 $a9786612502330 010 $a1-85196-684-6 035 $a(CKB)2520000000009554 035 $a(EBL)496202 035 $a(OCoLC)568717705 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000341573 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12105603 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341573 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10396553 035 $a(PQKB)10958634 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496202 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5293317 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL250233 035 $a(OCoLC)1027206759 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781851966844 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4014444 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496202 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1510836 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5293317 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000009554 100 $a20141021d2010|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA political biography of Alexander Pope /$fby Pat Rogers$b[electronic resource] 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cPickering & Chatto,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEighteenth-century political biographies ;$vno. 6 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-299-96202-5 311 $a1-85196-846-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Part I: William and Anne, 1688-1714. Nature and Nurture ; The Flowers of the Forest ; The Piping Time of Peace. -- Part II: George I, 1714-27. Civil and Religious Rage ; Toil, Trouble, South Sea Bubble ; A Dull Duty and a Public Cause. -- Part III: George II, 1727-44. Dunce the Second Reigns ; Libels and Satires ; Friendship and Opposition ; Epilogue: After Walpole. 330 $aThis is the first study to assess the entire career of Alexander Pope (1688-1744) in relation to the political issues of his time. While much has been written on the politics of Pope, most of this relates to his possible Jacobite sympathies and his involvement in the opposition to Sir Robert Walpole in the 1730s. This biography covers the whole range of the poet's life, starting with his family background and the extended Catholic circle in which he continued to move, an important factor in the making of The Rape of the Lock.
The book shows for the first time the continuing impact on his work of party divisions in London (deriving partly from his father's career as a merchant) and offers a fresh reading of The Dunciad as a commentary on City politics. It brings out a sustained commentary on the fortunes of the Tory party, especially the fate of Robert Harley, Matthew Prior and Francis Atterbury, which supplies a hidden subtext in the Epistle to Bathurst. The longstanding quarrel with the publisher Edmund Curll is seen to connect in unexpected ways with the public dramas of the day.
While the book gives detailed attention to Pope's poetry and prose, exploring both major and minor texts, it draws on his own letters, together with the correspondence of friends such as Jonathan Swift, John Gay and Dr John Arbuthnot.
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