Oxford World´s Classics The Major Works (Pope)

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nové vydání klasické anglické četby Alexander Pope has often been termed the first true professional poet in English, whose dealings with the book trade helped to produce the literary marketplace of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this representative selection of Pope's most important work, the texts are presented in chronological sequence so that the Moral Essays and Imitations of Horace are restored to their original position in his career. This edition represents the single most comprehensive anthology of Pope's works. The Duncaid, The Rape of the Lock, and Imitations of Horace are presented in full, together with a characteristic sample of Pope's prose, including satires, pamphlets, and periodical writing. This edition also includes a further reading list, an invaluable biographical index as well as indexes of titles, first lines, and correspondences. Features Originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series in 1993, this remains the best, most comprehensive single-volume anthology of Pope's work. Includes The Dunciad , The Rape of the Lock , and Peri Bathous in full as well as all the other major poems, a selection of Pope's translations and prose including satires, pamphlets, criticism and letters. The only edition to print the texts in chronological sequence, restoring the Moral Essays and Imitations of Horace to their original position in Pope's career. Updated Further Reading list and introduction by distinguished Pope scholar Pat Rogers. The edition includes an invaluable biographical index as well as indexes of titles, first lines, and correspondents.