Alexander Pope [ Art and Literature ]
… Kneller, ‘Portrait of Alexander Pope’, 1722, St John's College, Cambridge. Abstract As the most celebrated British poet of the early eighteenth century, Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was a highly influential figure in the formation and … by his contemporaries. People > Art and Literature Keywords Catholicism Celebrity Correspondence Enmity Friendship Poetry Both in financial terms and in the scale of his cultural influence, Alexander Pope was one of the most successful … by the era’s legal restrictions on non-Anglicans. He could not, for instance, be considered for the post of poet laureate, despite his crucial role in informing the literary tastes and stylistic conventions of his time. His poetry …
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