Politeness and Poetry in the Age of Pope

Politeness and Poetry in the Age of Pope
Author: Thomas M. Woodman
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1989
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780838633489

Interest in politeness in the eighteenth century is shown to reflect anxiety about social change and indicate a search for guidelines in a newly commercialized society. Evident is the dilemma of poets such as Parnell, Prior, Swift, Gay, and Pope.

English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1789

English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1789
Author: David Fairer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2014-10-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317892879

In recent years the canon of eighteenth-century poetry has greatly expanded to include women poets, labouring-class and provincial poets, and many previously unheard voices. Fairer’s book takes up the challenge this ought to pose to our traditional understanding of the subject. This book seeks to question some of the structures, categories, and labels that have given the age its reassuring shape in literary history. In doing so Fairer offers a fresh and detailed look at a wide range of material.

Pope

Pope
Author: Brean S. Hammond
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2014-09-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317890639

This collection of essays represents some of the best critical thinking on Pope in recent years. Professor Hammond examines the main issues in the debate, in particular why Pope's writing has been so resistant to modern methodologies, such as deconstruction. The essays focus on particular poems or themes and exemplify different theoretical perspectives, both traditional and modern. The editor's notes clarify the differences that exist, and what those differences can teach the student about theory in practice.