Alexander Pope [ Art and Literature ]
… 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 encompassed esteemed translations of classical works (his … in cheek, Elinor Dashwood of Sense and Sensibility (1811) congratulates her sister Marianne on her beloved’s literary tastes: You know what he thinks of Cowper and Scott; you are certain of his estimating their beauties as he ought, and …
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