Pope, print, and meaning
Offers fresh insights into Pope's self-presentation and his relation to his readers: he emerges as a figure marginalized socially, politically, and sexually, who gambles with his private life in confronting his opponents.
VI, 257 p. ill. 24 cm
9780198184973, 0198184972
1015083480
List of Illustrations ; Short Titles ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Rape of the Lock: From Miscellany Endpiece to Illustrated Independence ; 3. The Works of 1717: Building a Monument ; 4. The Dunciad Variorum: The Limits of Dialogue ; 5. An Essay on Man and Harte's Essay on Reason: Title-pages and Implied Authorship ; 6. The First and Second Satires of the Second Book of Horace: Parallel Texts ; 7. To Arbuthnot and Sober Advice: Revision, Sexuality, and the Public Sphere ; 8. The Works of 1735-6: Pope's Notes ; Works Cited ; Index