Alexander Pope (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Alexander Pope The life and writings of Pope have been discussed in a literature more voluminous than that which exists in the case of almost any other English man of letters. No biographer, however, has produced a definitive or exhaustive work. It seems, therefore, desirable to indicate the main authorities upon which such a biographer would have to rely, and which have been consulted for the purpose of the following necessarily brief and imperfect sketch. The first life of Pope was a catchpenny book, by William Ayre, published in 1745, and remarkable chiefly as giving the first version of some demonstrably erroneous statements, unfortunately adopted by later writers. In 1751, Warburton, as Pope´s literary executor, published the authoritative edition of the poet´s works, with notes containing some biographical matter. In 1769 appeared a life by Owen Ruffhead, who wrote under Warburton´s inspiration. This is a dull and meagre performance, and much of it is devoted to an attack - partly written by Warburton himself - upon the criticisms advanced in the first volume of Joseph Warton´s Essay on Pope. Warton´s first volume was published in 1756; and it seems that the dread of Warburton´s wrath counted for something in the delay of the second volume, which did not appear till 1782. The Essay contains a good many anecdotes of interest. Warton´s edition of Pope - the notes in which are chiefly drawn from the Essay - was published in 1797. The Life by Johnson appeared in 1781; it is admirable in many ways; but Johnson had taken the least possible trouble in ascertaining facts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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