The Imaginative World of Alexander Pope

The Imaginative World of Alexander Pope examines the complex and multilayered world created by one of the most significant poets of the 18th century. The book focuses on how Alexander Pope, while rooted in the ideals of the Augustan age, bridges the transition to modern poetic sensibilities. Central to this exploration is Pope's effort to reconcile the traditional symbolic orders of the Renaissance with the emerging uncertainties of modernity. By "stooping to truth," as Pope himself phrased...