Alexander Pope in the making /

"How did Alexander Pope become the greatest poet of the eighteenth century? Drawing on previously neglected texts and overlooked archival materials, Alexander Pope in the Making provides a radical new account of the poet's early career, from the earliest traces of manuscript circulation to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hone, Joseph, 1989- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Alexander Pope In The Making
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Conventions
  • Introduction
  • 1: Pope's Social Contexts
  • The Caryll Circle
  • 'Great Dryden's Friends Before'
  • An Essay on Criticism in Context
  • 2: Manuscript Circulation
  • Holograph Circulation
  • Revisions in Manuscript
  • Manuscript Collections
  • Alcander, Prince of Rhodes
  • 3: Miscellany Publication
  • Poetical Miscellanies
  • Miscellaneous Poems and Translations
  • Poems on Several Occasions
  • 4: Windsor-Forest and the Politics of Panegyric
  • Panegyric and Stuart Monarchy
  • Golden Age Panegyrics
  • Politics and English History
  • Poetic Fiat
  • Windsor and the Royal Oak
  • 5: Regime Change
  • Pope and the Hanoverian Succession
  • Politics and the Iliad
  • The Key to the Lock
  • The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope
  • 6: Censorship and Political Editing
  • Political Culture at Buckingham House
  • Buckingham's Works and the Atterbury Plot
  • Making Buckingham's Works
  • Censorship and Impact
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Manuscripts
  • Printed Works
  • Index.