Alexander Pope
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A quiet childhood at Binfield provides the starting point for Leslie Stephen’s account of the English poet Alexander Pope. Stephen describes the close family ties, health concerns and restrictions facing a Catholic household in late seventeenth-century England. From these beginnings, his biography turns to Pope’s literary career, his translation of Homer, life at Twickenham and the poems and disputes that shaped his reputation.
The book combines a life story with literary criticism and a careful examination of its sources. Stephen weighs earlier biographies, anecdotes and correspondence rather than treating every reported detail as settled fact. His discussion of Pope’s friendship with Martha Blount shows this approach particularly clearly, separating a lasting attachment from uncertain accounts of family quarrels.
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Book facts
- Author
- Leslie Stephen
- Reading time
- About 5 hours
- Pages
- 130
- Language
- English
- Genre
- British Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online