Alexander Pope
English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era.
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Alexander Pope was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era.[1] The Poetry Foundation account notes he was the first full-time professional English writer, supporting himself through subscription fees for his translations.[2] Pope's satirical and discursive poetry, such as An Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712–1717), and The Dunciad (1728–1743), along with his Homer translations, are what he is most famous for.[3]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 21 May 1688 O.S.
- Birthplace
- London, England
- Died
- 30 May 1744
- Place of death
- Twickenham, Middlesex, England
- Resting place
- St Mary's Church, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
- Occupation
- Writer, translator
- Genre
- Poetry
- satire
- translation
- Movement
- Classicism, Augustan literature
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Pope was born in London on 21 May 1688 to a successful linen merchant and his wife Edith Turner.[4] Both parents were Catholic, and the Test Acts banned Catholics from attending university or holding public office.[5][4] Pope's formal education ended at that time, and he educated himself by reading classical and English authors.[6] From age 12 he suffered from Pott disease, a tuberculosis of the spine that left him with a severe hunchback.[4]
The Poetry Foundation states that by his teens he was writing accomplished verse.[2] His first major work, An Essay on Criticism, was published when he was 23.[2] He died at his villa on 30 May 1744, surrounded by friends.[7] Because of anti-Catholic statutes that forbade "Papists" from residing within 10 miles of London, Pope's family relocated in 1700 to a small estate at Popeswood in Binfield, Berkshire.[6]
What the cited sources add
The same source notes that Pope's Iliad translation was a tremendously popular publishing venture that made him self-supporting.[2] The Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive records that Windsor-Forest was printed for Bernard Lintott in 1713.[8] The Poetry Foundation account mentions that Pope's literary merit was debated throughout his life and that modernism revived interest in his work.[2] According to the Literary Encyclopedia, Pope's "Epistle to Burlington" (1731) was the initial poem in a set of four that were subsequently collected as the Moral Essays (1731–1735).[9][10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Alexander Pope" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Goldsmith, Netta Murray (2002), Alexander Pope: The Evolution of a Poet, p. 17: "Alexander Pope was born on Monday 21 May 1688 at 6.45 pm when England was on th (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Alexander Pope", Poetry Foundation, 29 April 2021. facts only, no text reused. poetryfoundation.org
- Wikipedia, "Alexander Pope" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Alexander Pope", Poetry Foundation, 29 April 2021 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Alexander Pope" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Erskine-Hill, Howard (2004). "Pope, Alexander (1688–1744)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. (subscription required) (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Alexander Pope" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Erskine-Hill, Howard (2004). "Pope, Alexander (1688–1744)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. (subscription required); Erskine-Hill, Howard (2004). "Pope, Alexander (1688–1744)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. (subscription required); "Alexander Pope", Literature Online biography (Chadwyck-Healey: Cambridge, 2000). (subscription required) (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Alexander Pope" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Erskine-Hill, Howard (2004). "Pope, Alexander (1688–1744)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. (subscription required); "An Act to prevent and avoid dangers which may grow by Popish Recusants" (3 Jas. 1. c. 4). For details, see Catholic Encyclopedia, "Penal Laws ".; Pope, Alexander. Windsor-Forest . Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA).; Erskine-Hill, Howard (2004). "Pope, Alexander (1688–1744)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. (subscription required) (we also read that en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Alexander Pope" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ruffhead, "The Life of Alexander Pope; With a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius", 1769, p. 475; Dyce, "The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with a Life, by A. Dyce", 1863, p. cxxxi (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Pope, Alexander. Windsor-Forest . Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA).. facts only, no text reused. eighteenthcenturypoetry.org
- Gordon, "An Epistle to a Lady (Moral Essay II)", The Literary Encyclopedia, 24 January 2002. facts only, no text reused. litencyc.com
- Wikipedia, "Alexander Pope" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Moral Essays"; Alexander Pope. Moral Essays , p. 82 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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