Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope ( 21 May 1688 , London - 30 May 1744 ) is a poet English of the eighteenth century.
Summary |
Alexander Pope was born into a wealthy family. Suffering from Pott's disease , infection of intervertebral discs due to tuberculosis in his childhood, he has kept a small size , remains controversial. Its presence only source named "Alex Pope" in the list of members of the "Held at the Goat Lodge in London. In his essay, Alexander Pope and Freemasonry: A Discursive Essay (2003), historian WJ Williams prefers to speak of association between Pope and the Freemasons Rvauger while Cecilia, who teaches at the University of Bordeaux III , explains that "the question has hung over the Masonic membership of Swift and Pope, but no evidence has ever been made."
Works
- (1709) The Pastoral (Pastoral)
- (1711) Essay on Criticism (An Essay on Criticism)
- (1712) The loop of hair removed (The Rape of the Lock)
- (1713) Windsor Forest
- (1715) Preface to the English Homer
- (1717) Epistle of Eloisa to Abelard (Eloisa to Abelard)
- (1717) Elegy To The Memory Of An Unfortunate Lady
- (1728) The Dunciad or war of fools (The Dunciad)
- (1734) Essay on Man (Essay on Man)
- (1735) The Prologue To The Satires
References astronomical
Two moons of Uranus are named after characters in works of Alexander Pope: Belinda , Umbriel (from other works of Shakespeare).
Notes
External Links
- Pope's works on Project Gutenberg site. In particular, a French translation of the eighteenth century of "The lock of hair removed.
References
Bibliography
- Leslie Stephen , Alexander Pope, Harper & Brothers, 1914.
- Yasmine Gooneratne, Alexander Pope, Cambridge University Press, 1976.
- (In) Howard Erskine-Hill, Anne Smith, The Art of Alexander Pope, Barnes & Noble Books, 1979.
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