Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical, and the works selected in this volume represent more than sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as Prometheus," he rails against religion in an almost ecstatic fervor, while "To the Moon" is an enigmatic meditati
Selected Poetry and Prose
β Scribed by Alexander Pope
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 249 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Ode on Solitude; Adriani morientis ad Animam; To Henry Cromwell, 19 October 1709 [with Argus]; To Henry Cromwell, 25 November 1710 [on versification]; An Essay on Criticism; Epistle to Miss Blount with the Works of Voiture; from Windsor Forest; [On sickness] (essay from The Guardian); The Rape of the Lock; Epistle to Miss Blount, on her leaving the Town, after the Coronation; Eloisa to Abelard; Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady; from the Preface to the Works of Shakespeare; To Mrs M.B. on her Birthday.;Alexander Pope's technical polish and intellectual poise appeal to the subtlest audience. This selection includes The Rape of the Lock, Eloisa to Abelard, and extracts from The Dunciad and the translation of Homer.
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