Scriblerus Club [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… contributions to the club and its projects remain rather vague, though Pope acknowledged him as a contributor to the ‘Essay concerning the origin of the sciences’, and Parnell also helped Pope with his Homeric translations. At the other … become a prominent voice in the republic of letters, gaining recognition with Windsor Forest (1711), controversy with An Essay on Criticism (1713), and widespread popularity with The Rape of the Lock (1714). His friendship with Swift that led …
Academies | Friendship | Satire
Encyclopedia