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Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

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Satirical poet Alexander Pope was born in London on May 21, 1688. He was educated by private tutors. Many consider Pope to be the greatest poet of his time, and he also wrote commentaries and translations, he is best known for such poems as The Rape of the Lock and The Duncaid. Pope was the first vis mere English poet to make a substantial amount of money from his writing. Pope died on May 30, 1744. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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The Rape of the Lock (1712) 677 eksemplarer
The Odyssey, Books 13-24 (1919) — Oversætter — 534 eksemplarer
The Poems of Alexander Pope (1856) 259 eksemplarer
An essay on man (1734) 164 eksemplarer
Collected Poems (1956) 151 eksemplarer
An essay on criticism (1711) 95 eksemplarer
The Rape of the Lock [Bedford Cultural Edition] (1997) — Forfatter — 77 eksemplarer
Selected Works (Modern Library - Kronenberger, ed.) (1777) — Forfatter — 70 eksemplarer
Pope: Poetical Works (1966) 70 eksemplarer
The Works of Alexander Pope (2010) 68 eksemplarer
Alexander Pope (Everyman's Poetry) (1997) 52 eksemplarer
Alexander Pope: The Rape of the Lock: Oxford Student Texts (1990) — Forfatter — 41 eksemplarer
Selected works (1951) 39 eksemplarer
The Dunciad (1961) 37 eksemplarer
The Best of Pope [Rev. Ed.] (1929) 32 eksemplarer
The Dunciad in Four Books (1999) 28 eksemplarer
Selected poetry 23 eksemplarer
Pope (Laurel Poetry Series) (1963) 23 eksemplarer
Pope (1974) 18 eksemplarer
Rape of the Lock and Other Poems (2005) 11 eksemplarer
Complete works (2013) 10 eksemplarer
Pope's Poetical Works (1956) 9 eksemplarer
Pope's epistle: Eloisa to Abelard (2010) 9 eksemplarer
Poems of Alexander Pope (1902) 7 eksemplarer
The Selected Poetry of Pope (1980) 7 eksemplarer
A Choice of Pope's Verse (1971) 5 eksemplarer
Alexander Pope 5 eksemplarer
Poems (1910) 5 eksemplarer
Letters of Alexander Pope (1960) 4 eksemplarer
Minor poems (1954) 4 eksemplarer
The universal prayer 4 eksemplarer
The prose works of Alexander Pope (1986) 3 eksemplarer
Selected Poems of Alexander Pope (2012) 3 eksemplarer
The Iliad of Homer. Books 1-9 — Oversætter; Oversætter — 3 eksemplarer
The Pleasures of Pope (1949) 3 eksemplarer
Imitations of Horace (1966) 3 eksemplarer
Alexander Pope: Selected Letters (2000) 3 eksemplarer
The Dunciad variorum 1729 (1968) 2 eksemplarer
Bukleye Tecavüz (2017) 2 eksemplarer
Moral Essays (2012) 2 eksemplarer
Horatian satires and epistles (1964) 2 eksemplarer
Satires and Epistles (1901) — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
Selections from Alexander Pope — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
Pope Poetry 1 eksemplar
Poems 1 eksemplar
Works I (2016) 1 eksemplar
The Works II (2016) 1 eksemplar
Imitations of English poets (1987) 1 eksemplar
The Dunciad & other poems (1906) 1 eksemplar
Le rapt de la boucle (2022) 1 eksemplar
Poetry volume 1 1 eksemplar
Dunciad 1 eksemplar
The Illiad (2013) 1 eksemplar
The Jliad of Homer 1 eksemplar
Pope — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Poėmy (1988) 1 eksemplar
Claremount 1 eksemplar
Prose Works: 1711-20 v. 1 (1968) 1 eksemplar
Ode for musick 1 eksemplar
Ten Epistles Of Ovid (2011) 1 eksemplar
Miscellany poems 1 eksemplar
Essays and Epistles 1 eksemplar
Pope 1 eksemplar
Pastorals 1 eksemplar
A Key to the Lock (1714) 1 eksemplar

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Masters of British Literature, Volume A (2007) — Bidragyder — 20 eksemplarer
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Kanonisk navn
Pope, Alexander
Andre navne
Barnivelt, Esdras
Fødselsdato
1688-05-21
Dødsdag
1744-05-30
Begravelsessted
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, England
Køn
male
Nationalitet
UK
Land (til kort)
England, UK
Fødested
London, England, UK
Dødssted
Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Bopæl
London, England, UK
Binfield, Berkshire, England, UK
Twickenham, London, England, UK
Uddannelse
Hyde Park Corner
Twyford School, Twyford, Hampshire, England
Erhverv
poet
translator
satirist
Relationer
Finch, Anne (friend)
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (friend)
Organisationer
Scriblerus Club
Kort biografi
Alexander Pope was the only child of a London linen merchant and his wife, recent converts to the Roman Catholic faith. He was barred from public schools because of his religion, and attended secret Catholic school, but was largely self-educated. He learned Latin, Greek, Italian, and French, and wrote his earliest surviving work, Ode to Solitude, at age 12. That same year he began having symptoms of the debilitating bone disorder that would stunt his growth and cause him much pain and suffering for the rest of his life. He was a central figure in the Neoclassical movement of the early 18th century, known for perfecting the rhymed heroic couplet form and turning it to satiric and philosophical purposes, and his works had a profound influence on others. He was the first full-time professional English writer, supporting himself largely on subscription fees for his popular translations of Homer and his edition of the works of William Shakespeare. He died at age 56 of "this long disease, my life."

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The last time I read it was maybe ten years ago. It's simply not funny; Pope never is.
 
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games celebrate choice of new chief dunce
 
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