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  2. An Essay on Criticism - Wikipedia

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    Frontispiece. An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688–1744), published in 1711. It is the source of the famous quotations "To err is human; to forgive, divine", "A little learning is a dang'rous thing" (frequently misquoted as "A little knowledge is a dang'rous thing"), and "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread".

  3. The Dunciad - Wikipedia

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    The Dunciad (/ ˈ d ʌ n s i. æ d /) is a landmark, mock-heroic, narrative poem by Alexander Pope published in three different versions at different times from 1728 to 1743. The poem celebrates a goddess, Dulness , and the progress of her chosen agents as they bring decay, imbecility, and tastelessness to the Kingdom of Great Britain .

  4. Alexander Pope - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. [1] – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, ... The post-war period stressed the power of Pope's poetry, recognising that ...

  5. Moral Essays - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Pope's Moral Essays were published between 1731 and 1735. Moral Essays (also known as Epistles to Several Persons ) is a series of four poems on ethical subjects by Alexander Pope , published between 1731 and 1735.

  6. Eloisa to Abelard - Wikipedia

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    Pope's poem was published in 1717 in a small volume titled The Works of Mr Alexander Pope. There were two other accompanying poems, the "Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady" and the original version of the "Ode on St Cecilia's Day". Such was the poem's popularity that it was reissued in 1720 along with the retitled "Verses to the memory ...

  7. The Temple of Fame - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Fame: A Vision is an eighteenth-century poem by Alexander Pope, directly inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's fourteenth-century poem The House of Fame (Hous of Fame in the original spelling). First published in 1715, [1] the poem comprises 524 lines which, like Chaucer's original version, take the form of a dream vision.

  8. An Essay on Man - Wikipedia

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    The poem was originally published anonymously; Pope did not admit authorship until 1735. Pope reveals in his introductory statement, "The Design", that An Essay on Man was originally conceived as part of a longer philosophical poem which would have been expanded on through four separate books.

  9. 1733 in literature - Wikipedia

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    February 20 – The first epistle of Alexander Pope's poem An Essay on Man is published anonymously. [1] March 29 – The second epistle of Pope's An Essay on Man is published. [1] May – Voltaire begins his long-term relationship with Emilie de Breteuil, marquise du Chatelet. May 8 – The third epistle of Pope's An Essay on Man is published. [1]