The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1
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An older man determined to marry asks his friends for advice after already making up his mind. This scene from Pope's adaptation of Chaucer gives a taste of the wit in a volume that ranges across translations and pastoral poetry. Its contents include versions of Statius and Ovid, The Temple of Fame, the four seasonal pastorals, Messiah and Windsor Forest. A discourse on pastoral poetry places ideas about the form alongside the poems themselves.
Whitwell Elwin's introductions and notes frame this collection of eighteenth-century English verse. Before the poems, a catalogue traces earlier editions, while Pope's memorial list records relatives and friends. These materials make the volume useful for readers interested in how poetry was collected, revised and presented as well as in the verse. The marriage passage also shows how neatly a speaker's confident arguments can reveal his own wishful thinking.
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- Alexander Pope
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