A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Pope (Classic Reprint)

A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Pope (Classic Reprint)
Author: Edwin Abbott
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2017-06-30
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780259194637

Excerpt from A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Pope Sheds is not so suitable to o'er as and pure suggests itself as alliterative with the p and r in spreads. But here we are met with an unpleasant repetition in pure and azure, consequently clear is once more restored. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Pope, Homer, and Manliness

Pope, Homer, and Manliness
Author: Carolyn D. Williams
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2014-06-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317694740

The author here reassesses the concept of ‘masculinity’, and argues that it cannot be seen as an absolute standard, but only as the product of perpetual conflict between competing and unstable models. The argument is sustained by a close reading of the problematic conflict between gendered values in eighteenth-century classical learning. Pope’s Homer ensured the continuation of the tradition of using the Iliad and Odyssey to teach privileged boys how to become more ‘manly’. This book examines this pedagogy in its socio-literary context, and concludes that Pope’s Homer emerges as a relic of the struggle to preserve masculine dignity from the encroachments of feminine values in the text. This knowledge of classical and early modern literature has rarely been brought to bear on gender studies. First published in 1993, it remains a valuable contribution to debates concerning the reception of the Classical tradition.