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Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

Author of The Rape of the Lock

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About the Author

Satirical poet Alexander Pope was born in London on May 21, 1688. He was educated by private tutors. Many consider Pope to be the greatest poet of his time, and he also wrote commentaries and translations, he is best known for such poems as The Rape of the Lock and The Duncaid. Pope was the first show more English poet to make a substantial amount of money from his writing. Pope died on May 30, 1744. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Alexander Pope

The Rape of the Lock (1712) 677 copies
The Odyssey, Books 13-24 (1919) — Translator — 534 copies
The Poems of Alexander Pope (1856) 258 copies
An essay on man (1734) 164 copies
Collected Poems (1956) 151 copies
An essay on criticism (1711) 95 copies
The Rape of the Lock [Bedford Cultural Edition] (1997) — Author — 77 copies
Pope: Poetical Works (1966) 70 copies
The Works of Alexander Pope (2010) 68 copies
Selected works (1951) 39 copies
The Dunciad (1961) 37 copies
The Best of Pope [Rev. Ed.] (1929) 32 copies
The Dunciad in Four Books (1999) 28 copies
Selected poetry 23 copies
Pope (Laurel Poetry Series) (1963) 23 copies
Pope (1974) 18 copies
Complete works (2013) 10 copies
Pope's Poetical Works (1956) 9 copies
Poems of Alexander Pope (1902) 7 copies
A Choice of Pope's Verse (1971) 5 copies
Alexander Pope 5 copies
Poems (1910) 5 copies
Letters of Alexander Pope (1960) 4 copies
Minor poems (1954) 4 copies
The Iliad of Homer. Books 1-9 — Translator; Translator — 3 copies
The Pleasures of Pope (1949) 3 copies
Imitations of Horace (1966) 3 copies
The Dunciad variorum 1729 (1968) 2 copies
Bukleye Tecavüz (2017) 2 copies
Moral Essays (2012) 2 copies
Satires and Epistles (1901) — Author — 2 copies
Selections from Alexander Pope — Author — 2 copies
Pope Poetry 1 copy
Poems 1 copy
Works I (2016) 1 copy
The Works II (2016) 1 copy
Le rapt de la boucle (2022) 1 copy
Dunciad 1 copy
The Illiad (2013) 1 copy
Pope — Author — 1 copy
Poėmy (1988) 1 copy
Claremount 1 copy
Ten Epistles Of Ovid (2011) 1 copy
Pope 1 copy
Pastorals 1 copy
A Key to the Lock (1714) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Odyssey (0750) — Translator, some editions — 52,694 copies
The Iliad (0750) — Translator, some editions — 39,682 copies
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (1589) — Editor, some editions — 31,576 copies
The Iliad / The Odyssey (0008) — Translator, some editions — 5,739 copies
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (1133) — Translator, some editions — 2,355 copies
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Contributor — 1,254 copies
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 915 copies
A Treasury of the World's Best Loved Poems (1961) — Contributor — 524 copies
English Poetry, Volume I: From Chaucer to Gray (1910) — Contributor — 524 copies
Critical Theory Since Plato (1971) — Contributor, some editions — 398 copies
The Writings of Jonathan Swift [Norton Critical Edition] (1973) — Contributor — 396 copies
The Literary Cat (1977) — Contributor — 241 copies
The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (1983) — Contributor — 236 copies
Criticism: Major Statements (1964) — Contributor — 220 copies
Eighteenth-Century English Literature (1969) — Author — 186 copies
Love Letters (1996) — Contributor — 180 copies
The Faber Book of Beasts (1997) — Contributor — 140 copies
Major British Writers, Volumes I and II (1954) — Contributor — 122 copies
The Standard Book of British and American Verse (1932) — Contributor — 114 copies
The Norton Book of Travel (1987) — Contributor — 110 copies
The Norton Book of Friendship (1991) — Contributor — 95 copies
The Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children (1994) — Contributor — 72 copies
A Book of Narrative Verse (1930) — Contributor — 61 copies
The Faber Book of Gardens (2007) — Contributor — 45 copies
Elegy written in a country churchyard and other poems (2009) — Contributor — 42 copies
Pope's the Iliad of Homer, Books I, VI, XXII, XXIV (1896) — Translator — 35 copies
Masters of British Literature, Volume A (2007) — Contributor — 20 copies
Oxford and Oxfordshire in Verse (1982) — Contributor — 11 copies
Englische Essays aus drei Jahrhunderten (1980) — Contributor — 10 copies
Poetry anthology (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 6 copies
Thames: An Anthology of River Poems (1999) — Contributor — 5 copies
Horace, his ode to Venus : lib. IV, ode I — Translator, some editions — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Pope, Alexander
Other names
Barnivelt, Esdras
Birthdate
1688-05-21
Date of death
1744-05-30
Burial location
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, England
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
England, UK
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Place of death
Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Places of residence
London, England, UK
Binfield, Berkshire, England, UK
Twickenham, London, England, UK
Education
Hyde Park Corner
Twyford School, Twyford, Hampshire, England
Occupations
poet
translator
satirist
Relationships
Finch, Anne (friend)
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (friend)
Organizations
Scriblerus Club
Short biography
Alexander Pope was the only child of a London linen merchant and his wife, recent converts to the Roman Catholic faith. He was barred from public schools because of his religion, and attended secret Catholic school, but was largely self-educated. He learned Latin, Greek, Italian, and French, and wrote his earliest surviving work, Ode to Solitude, at age 12. That same year he began having symptoms of the debilitating bone disorder that would stunt his growth and cause him much pain and suffering for the rest of his life. He was a central figure in the Neoclassical movement of the early 18th century, known for perfecting the rhymed heroic couplet form and turning it to satiric and philosophical purposes, and his works had a profound influence on others. He was the first full-time professional English writer, supporting himself largely on subscription fees for his popular translations of Homer and his edition of the works of William Shakespeare. He died at age 56 of "this long disease, my life."

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The last time I read it was maybe ten years ago. It's simply not funny; Pope never is.
 
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judeprufrock | 6 other reviews | Jul 4, 2023 |
Another in the vein of [b:The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|76527|The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Laurence Sterne|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1403402384s/76527.jpg|2280279] or [b:Augustus Carp, Esq. By Himself Being The Autobiography Of A Really Good Man|837278|Augustus Carp, Esq. By Himself Being The Autobiography Of A Really Good Man|Henry H. Bashford|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347324333s/837278.jpg|822869]. It has its moments.
 
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mkfs | 5 other reviews | Aug 13, 2022 |
 
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GoshenMAHistory | 2 other reviews | Apr 25, 2022 |
games celebrate choice of new chief dunce
 
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