Alexander Pope [ Art and Literature ]
… one of Pope's closest allies in the 1710s, was by the 1730s being regularly attacked in his satires, and replying in kind. Party politics certainly played an important role in the strengthening of some friendships and the decaying of … and Bolingbroke: A Study of Friendship and Influence (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1984), p. 3. It is striking how frequently and with what fervour Pope was attacked for his unsociability, presumably due to the high premium he … The irony, of course, is that even while pitching for the moral high ground, Pope’s antagonists cannot help making their own rage visible, and so while fixating on the importance of such qualities as delicacy, elegance and …
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