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About Alexander Pope
English poet, translator, and satirist
Alexander Pope was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era. He is considered one of the leading English poets of the early 18th century. A major figure in Augustan literature, Pope is best known for satirical and reflective verse. His work includes An Essay on Criticism, The Rape of the Lock, and The Dunciad, along with his translations of Homer.
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- “In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom…”Alexander Pope
- “A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.”Alexander Pope
- “The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.”Alexander Pope
- “Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.”Alexander Pope
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Books by Alexander Pope
An essay on man
2005
The Rape of the Lock
1966
Dunciad
2004
Poems
1966