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Alexander Pope England (1688 - 1744) Timeline Christian : Catholic Poems by Alexander Pope Books - Links |
Although a brilliant student, Alexander Pope's early education was erratic, since institutionalized prejudices against his family's Catholicism kept forcing him to switch schools, and finally he studied at home.
In 1700, when he was a young adolescent, Alexander Pope contracted tuberculosis, leaving him with a lifetime of respiratory problems and poor health. He was also quite short, under 5 feet tall, and had a hunched back. In the aggressive literary battles fought by the London intelligentsia, his critics labeled Alexander Pope the "hunchbacked toad."
Despite his physical limitations, Pope rose to become the preeminent English essayist, satirist, and poet of the era.
Poems by Alexander Pope
- Solitude: An Ode
- The Dying Christian to His Soul
- The Universal Prayer
- What if the foot ordain'd the dust to tread (from An Essay on Man I)
Recommended Books: Alexander Pope
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| The Poems of Alexander Pope | Essay on Man and Other Poems: (Dover Thrift Editions) | Alexander Pope: Selected Poetry | Alexander Pope | The Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Pope |
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| The Rape of the Lock |
Related Links
RPO - Selected Poetry of Alexander Pope
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poet263.html
Several peoms and a good, but brief biography of Alexander Pope.
Alexander Pope
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/apope.htm
Online biography.
Island of Freedom - Alexander Pope
http://www.island-of-freedom.com/POPE.HTM
A brief biography and a few selected poems.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Alexander Pope
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12258c.htm
An extended biography online.
