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Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744)

Nationality: BritishPeriods: British: 18th Century

Wrote “The Rape of the Lock”

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Collected Essays of Alexander Pope

The Dunciad

The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem

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Criticism about Alexander Pope

Pope
https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/authors/#3
This lengthy analysis of the author’s life and work includes sections on “Pope�s Literary Consciousness, and his attitude towards Contemporary Literature, “His early Life and Studies”, “Pope�s Workmanship and Style”, “His Homer” and “Pope�s Genius and Influence upon Literature.”
Contains: Extensive Bio, Criticism, Bibliography
Author: Edward Bensley
From: The Cambridge History of English and American Literature Volume IX: English From Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift
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Biographical sites about Alexander Pope

The Life of Pope
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/pope.html
An extensive biography of poet Alexander Pope, taken from Johnson’s The Lives of the Poets. It is also available in an abridged version/
Contains: Full Bio
Author: Samuel Johnson
From: The Lives of the Poets Oxford: Clarendon Press,1905
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The Rape of the Lock Home Page
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~sconstan/
This site gives brief information about Pope’s life and has a lot of material on “The Rape of the Lock”. Many of the pages included in the site also featured in the IPL’s literary criticism collection.
Contains: Sketch, Timeline, Pictures, Commentary, Bibliography
Author: S. Constantine
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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013