Alexander Pope stands as the foremost English poet of the eighteenth century, celebrated for his sharp satirical verse and his influential translation of Homer. He ranks as the third most quoted writer in the English language, a testament to his enduring impact. Pope's mastery of the heroic couplet allowed him to craft verses of unparalleled elegance and precision.
Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home after the Tojan War, while his wife Penelope and his son Telemachos are forced to scheme to protect his throne until his return.
A translation of Homer's poem of war which is a magnificent testimony to the power of the Iliad. This volume retells the story of Achilles, the great warrior, and his terrible wrath before the walls of besieged Troy, and the destruction it wreaks on both Greeks and Trojans.
A selection of poems by Alexander Pope. This book is part of a series aimed at the general reader rather than the specialist, and as such carries no critical or explanatory apparatus. Other poets featured in this series include Christina Rossetti, John Keats and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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Highlights Alexander Pope's role in the Scriblerus club, a group of writers who aimed to satirize the mediocrity and false learning they observed in the arts and sciences of their time.
An account of the birth, the infancy, the schooling, the diet-planning, the unconventional love affairs and the attainments of this child prodigy, The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus is surely the funniest imaginary biography ever written.
A series featuring a contemporary poet selecting and introducing a poet of the past. It, by choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions expressed in prefaces, offers insights into the poets' own work as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets of literature.
First published with revisions as an Oxford World's Classics paperback: 2006.
