Copyright
William HutchingsPublished On
2023-12-19ISBN
Language
- English
Print Length
312 pages (vi+306)Dimensions
Weight
OCLC Number
1415825327LCCN
2023512117THEMA
- DSC
- JNU
- DS
- DNL
BIC
- DSA
- JNU
- DNF
- DSBF
BISAC
- LIT014000
- POE005020
- LIT004120
LCC
- PR3634
Keywords
- Alexander Pope
- Eighteenth-century English poetry
- Chronological reading
- Critical appraisal
- Age of Enlightenment
‘Wit’s Wild Dancing Light’
Reading the Poems of Alexander Pope
- William Hutchings (author)
Endorsements
'Wit's Wild Dancing Light' acts as a highly useful entry point for readers who are encountering Pope for the first time and also contains much illuminating material for those who are already familiar with his poetry.
Dr Ian Calvert
University of Bristol
Contents
Introduction
(pp. 5–20)- William Hutchings
1. Pastorals
(pp. 21–34)- William Hutchings
2. Sappho to Phaon
(pp. 35–38)- William Hutchings
3. An Essay on Criticism
(pp. 39–52)- William Hutchings
4. Windsor Forest
(pp. 53–58)- William Hutchings
5. The Rape of the Lock
(pp. 59–78)- William Hutchings
6. Epistle to Mr Jervas
(pp. 79–84)- William Hutchings
7. Eloisa to Abelard
(pp. 85–92)- William Hutchings
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9. Homer, The Iliad
(pp. 99–112)- William Hutchings
10. Epistle to Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer; To Mr Addison; Epitaph on James Craggs, Esq
(pp. 113–120)- William Hutchings
11. An Essay on Man
(pp. 121–144)- William Hutchings
12. An Epistle to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington
(pp. 145–154)- William Hutchings
13. An Epistle to Allen, Lord Bathurst
(pp. 155–164)- William Hutchings
14. An Epistle to Sir Richard Temple, Lord Cobham
(pp. 165–168)- William Hutchings
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19. Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot
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25. Epilogue to the Satires: Dialogues I and II
(pp. 257–266)- William Hutchings
26. The Dunciad
(pp. 267–292)- William Hutchings
Contributors
William Hutchings
(author)William Hutchings was formerly Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Director of the Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning at the University of Manchester, UK and he is presently Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at that university. He now lectures regularly to public groups locally and nationally. He has a wealth of teaching experience on English Literature courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and is the editor of Andrew Marvell: Selected Poems, the author of The Poetry of William Cowper, and Literary Criticism: A Practical Guide for Students.