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Alexander Pope : the evolution of a poet

This biography has two primary aims: the first, to bring Pope the man clearly to view, the second, to show how it was that Pope succeeded so triumphantly as a poet in his own lifetime. Central to this investigation is the relationship between the creative genius and society.
Print Book, English, 2002
Ashgate, Hants, England, 2002
Biographies
xiv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
9780754603108, 0754603105
47756195
Prologue: Images of Pope
pt. I. How Alexander Pope Became a Poet. 1. On Being a Papist. 2. The 'Itch of Poetry'. 3. The Apprentice
pt. II. How Pope Courted the Judges. 4. Launching a Career. 5. A Poet's Manifesto. 6. Making Use of 'ev'ry Friend
and ev'ry Foe'. 7. On Being Original. 8. Support Groups
pt. III. Fighting the Opposition. 9. Attack
the Best Method of Defence: Strategies. 10. Homer's Pension. 11. A Poet and War. 12. The Art of Love
pt. IV. The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time. 13. Loss. 14. Conspiracies. 15. Failure all Round
pt. V. Pope Recreates Himself. 16. The Return. 17. Into the Arena. 18. Bolingbroke: The 'Master of the Song'? 19. A New Battlefield. 20. The Credentials of a Moralist. 21. Pope and the Women. 22. What the Letters Tell Us. 23. The Patriots: A Game of Hide and Seek. 24. Exit a Political Activist
pt. VI. Looking to Posterity. 25. A Closet Editor. 26. Pope's 'Bulldog'. 27. Putting Things in Order. 28. The Death of a Public Figure
Afterword: Pope Past and Present