The Poetical Works Of Alexander Pope, Vol. 1

by Alexander Pope

Overview

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781985875869
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	02/28/2018
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744) was an 18th-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, his translation of Homer and for his use of the heroic couplet. He is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare.Alexander Pope was born to Alexander Pope Senior (1646-1717), a linen merchant of Plough Court, Lombard Street, London, and his wife Edith (née Turner) (1643-1733), who were both Catholics. Edith's sister Christiana was the wife of the famous miniature painter Samuel Cooper. Pope's education was affected by the recently enacted Test Acts, which upheld the status of the established Church of England and banned Catholics from teaching, attending a university, voting, or holding public office on pain of perpetual imprisonment. Pope was taught to read by his aunt, and went to Twyford School in about 1698/99.