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The aim of this book, originally published in 1978, is to make the
reading of literary classics such as Gulliver's Travels, Robinson
Crusoe, Tom Jones, The Beggar's Opera and Tristram Shandy an even
richer experience by giving them an intelligible place in history.
The 'context' is seen not as a vague backcloth, but as a living
fabric of ideas and events which animate Augustan literature. The
authors cover the achievements of men like Hume, Walpole,
Chippendale, Newton and Reynolds, who are often merely names to the
literary student, and show how writers were affected by exciting
developments in psychology, aesthetics, medicine and other fields.
As a whole the book shows this period to have been an active,
questing and complex era, whose literary masterpieces emanate from
a rich and diverse culture.
This text provides a critical overview of current thinking about
equity issues in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Grounded
in feminist theories of curriculum change and a broad range of
cultural perspectives, the new approaches described here go beyond
"special programmes" and "experimental treatments" designed to
correct perceived problems and deficits. Instead they establish how
improved instructional practices and a fuller understanding of the
nature of the mathematical enterprise can overcome the systemic
obstacles that have thwarted women's participation in this
important field.; This book will appeal to all those who are
interested in the mathematical education of women, including
teachers, parents, administrators and researchers.
First published in 1974, The Augustan Vision looks at the entire
spectacle of Augustan Society in an attempt to see English culture
as a whole and thus gain greater insight into this critical period
in English Literature. Later parts of the book explore poetry,
drama, and aesthetics; that distinctive expression of the age,
satire, where abuse is made into art, and the moral essay; and
finally, the emerging novel, the crucial new form of this period.
This is a must read for students and researchers of English
literature.
This is the first study to assess the entire career of Alexander
Pope (16881744) in relation to the political issues of his time.
First published in 1979, this title presents the basic facts and
the background information needed by a modern reader of Robinson
Crusoe, as well as a careful exploration of the structure and style
of the work itself. Pat Rogers pays particular attention to the
book's composition and publishing history, the critical history
surrounding it from 1719 onwards, and the contemporary context of
geographical discovery, colonialism and piracy, as well as more
controversial areas of interpretation. A wide-ranging and practical
reissue, this study will be of value to literature students with a
particular interest in the critical interpretation of Robinsons
Crusoe, as well as the novel's place in the context of Defoe's
career.
In this concise introduction to Pope's life and work, first
published in 1975, the poet's highly successful career as a man of
letters is seen against the background of the Augustan age as a
whole. Pat Rogers begins by examining the relationship of the
eighteenth-century writer to his audience, and discusses the role
of style and versification in this. The book covers the whole of
Pope's work and includes not only the translations of Homer and
such minor poems as The Temple of Fame, but also the prose, both
drama and correspondence. Based on extensive research, this book
will provide literature students with a greater appreciation and
understanding of Pope's verse and the ways in which he addressed
his eighteenth-century context in his work.
First published in 1972, this is the first detailed study of the
milieu of the eighteenth-century literary hack and its significance
in Augustan literature. Although the modern term 'Grub Street' has
declined into vague metaphor, for the Augustan satirists it
embodied not only an actual place but an emphatic lifestyle. Pat
Rogers shows that the major satirists - Pope, Swift and Fielding -
built a potent fiction surrounding the real circumstances in which
the scribblers lived, and the importance of this aspect of their
writing. The author first locates the original Grub Street, in what
is now the Barbican, and then presents a detailed topographical
tour of the surrounding area. With detailed studies of a number of
key authors, as well as the modern and metaphorical development of
the term 'Grub Street', this book offers comprehensive insight into
the nature of Augustan literature and the social conditions and
concerns that inspired it.
First published in 1972, this is the first detailed study of the
milieu of the eighteenth-century literary hack and its significance
in Augustan literature. Although the modern term 'Grub Street' has
declined into vague metaphor, for the Augustan satirists it
embodied not only an actual place but an emphatic lifestyle. Pat
Rogers shows that the major satirists - Pope, Swift and Fielding -
built a potent fiction surrounding the real circumstances in which
the scribblers lived, and the importance of this aspect of their
writing. The author first locates the original Grub Street, in what
is now the Barbican, and then presents a detailed topographical
tour of the surrounding area. With studies of a number of key
authors, as well as the modern and metaphorical development of the
term 'Grub Street', this book offers comprehensive insight into the
nature of Augustan literature and the social conditions and
concerns that inspired it.
In this concise introduction to Pope's life and work, first
published in 1975, the poet's highly successful career as a man of
letters is seen against the background of the Augustan age as a
whole. Pat Rogers begins by examining the relationship of the
eighteenth-century writer to his audience, and discusses the role
of style and versification in this. The book covers the whole of
Pope's work and includes not only the translations of Homer and
such minor poems as The Temple of Fame, but also the prose, both
drama and correspondence. Based on extensive research, this book
will provide literature students with a greater appreciation and
understanding of Pope's verse and the ways in which he addressed
his eighteenth-century context in his work.
First published in 1979, this title presents the basic facts and
the background information needed by a modern reader of Robinson
Crusoe, as well as a careful exploration of the structure and style
of the work itself. Pat Rogers pays particular attention to the
book's composition and publishing history, the critical history
surrounding it from 1719 onwards, and the contemporary context of
geographical discovery, colonialism and piracy, as well as more
controversial areas of interpretation. A wide-ranging and practical
reissue, this study will be of value to literature students with a
particular interest in the critical interpretation of Robinson
Crusoe, as well as the novel's place in the context of Defoe's
career.
The Critical Heritage gathers together a large of critical sources
on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary
responses to a writer's work enabling student and researcher to
read the material themselves.
This is the first study to assess the entire career of Alexander
Pope (16881744) in relation to the political issues of his time.
The aim of this book, originally published in 1978, is to make the
reading of literary classics such as Gulliver's Travels, Robinson
Crusoe, Tom Jones, The Beggar's Opera and Tristram Shandy an even
richer experience by giving them an intelligible place in history.
The 'context' is seen not as a vague backcloth, but as a living
fabric of ideas and events which animate Augustan literature. The
authors cover the achievements of men like Hume, Walpole,
Chippendale, Newton and Reynolds, who are often merely names to the
literary student, and show how writers were affected by exciting
developments in psychology, aesthetics, medicine and other fields.
As a whole the book shows this period to have been an active,
questing and complex era, whose literary masterpieces emanate from
a rich and diverse culture.
This series gathers together a body of critical sources on major
figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses
to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for
themselves, for example, comments on early performances of
Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane
Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from
important essays in the history of criticism to journalism and
contemporary opinion, and documentary material such as letters and
diaries. Pieces of criticism from later periods are also included,
in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation.
This text provides a critical overview of current thinking about
equity issues in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Grounded
in feminist theories of curriculum change and a broad range of
cultural perspectives, the new approaches described here go beyond
"special programmes" and "experimental treatments" designed to
correct perceived problems and deficits. Instead they establish how
improved instructional practices and a fuller understanding of the
nature of the mathematical enterprise can overcome the systemic
obstacles that have thwarted women's participation in this
important field.; This book will appeal to all those who are
interested in the mathematical education of women, including
teachers, parents, administrators and researchers.
Introduction by Pat Rogers
This collection of essays studies the encounter between allegedly
ahistorical concepts of narrative and eighteenth-century literature
from across Europe. At issue is the question of whether the
theoretical concepts underpinning narratology are, despite their
appearance of ahistorical generality, actually derived from the
historical study of a particular period and type of literature. The
essays take on aspects of eighteenth-century texts such as plot,
genre, character, perspective, temporality, and more, coming at
them from both a narratological and a historical perspective.
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The Major Works (Paperback)
Alexander Pope; Edited by Pat Rogers
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This authoritative edition was first published in the acclaimed
Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank
Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Pope's poetry
and prose - the major poems in their entirety, together with
translations, criticism, letters and other prose - to give the
essence of his work and thinking. Pope has often been termed the
first truly professional poet in English, whose dealings with the
book trade helped to produce the literary market-place of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In this representative
selection of Pope's most important work, the texts are presented in
chronological sequence so that the Moral Essays and Imitations of
Horace are restored to their original position in his career. The
Dunciad, The Rape of the Lock, and Peri Bathous are presented in
full, together with a characteristic sample of Pope's prose,
including satires, pamphlets, and periodical writing. The
influential preface to his edition of Shakespeare is here, as well
as passages from his conversations with Joseph Spence and examples
of his wide-ranging correspondence. This fine edition features a
comprehensive biographical index, as well as an introduction and
invaluable notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford
World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature
from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
This is the first detailed exploration of one of the earliest major
poems by Alexander Pope, Windsor-Forest (1713). The book reveals
how Pope used the artistic conventions of the Stuart court, such as
masque, architecture, allegorical painting, and heraldry to create
the last great Renaissance poem in English. A coherent symbolic
design is constructed around the themes of the river and the
forest. Pope organizes the structure and style of the poem to
create a prophetic version of nationhood, drawing on such sources
as the plays of Ben Jonson, the Whitehall paintings of Rubens, the
architecture of Inigo Jones, the panegyric work of Dryden, and the
topographical poetry of Drayton. The political dimensions of the
poem are considered in relation to the foundation of the South Sea
Company in 1711, with its foreshadowing of imperial issues to come.
The book will spark further interest in a poem that has been
gaining increasing attention recently from writers such as E. P.
Thompson and Laura Brown. It shows the centrality of Windsor-Forest
in Pope's own career, and the centrality of Pope in the debates of
his time. Pat Rogers is DeBartolo Professor in the Liberal Arts at
the University of South Florida.
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Selected Poetry (Paperback)
Alexander Pope; Edited by Pat Rogers
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Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is regarded as the most important poet
of the early eighteenth century. An invalid from infancy, Pope
devoted his energies towards literature and achieved remarkable
success with his first published work at the age of 21. A
succession of brilliant poems followed, including An Essay on
Criticism (1711), Windsor Forest (1713), and his masterpiece The
Rape of the Lock (1712). A second period of great poetry was begun
in 1728 with the appearance of the first Dunciad. All these works,
which exhibit Pope's astonishing human insight, his wide
sympathies, and powers of social observation (displayed to greatest
effect in his talent for satire), feature in this selection. In his
introduction - an eloquent defence of Pope's poetic practice - Pat
Rogers argues that we must abandon our Romantic conception of
poetry as a record of fleeting and subjective states if we are to
understand Pope fully. Instead, we must see him as an accomplished
practitioner of the poetry of ideas and of satirical reflection on
human society. This collection is chosen from the Oxford Authors
critical edition of Pope's major works. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over
100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest
range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
The quarrel between the poet Alexander Pope and the publisher
Edmund Curll has long been a notorious episode in the history of
the book, when two remarkable figures with a gift for comedy and an
immoderate dislike of each other clashed publicly and without
restraint. However, it has never, until now, been chronicled in
full. Ripe with the sights and smells of Hanoverian London, The
Poet and Publisher details their vitriolic exchanges, drawing on
previously unearthed pamphlets, newspaper articles and
advertisements, court and government records, and personal letters.
The story of their battles in and out of print includes a
poisoning, the pillory, numerous instances of fraud, and a landmark
case in the history of copyright. The book is a forensic account of
events both momentous and farcical, and it is indecently
entertaining.
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