The Satirical Life of Alexander Pope. Alexander Pope was an influential poet and satirist of the 18th century. He was known for his satirical works, poetic brilliance, and keen observations, and left an indelible mark on English literature. Poems Cite. Alexander Pope was a celebrated English writer from the 18th century, known for his excellent Rumours and gossip changed the course of French history. Now they're weapons for 'newsfluencers' and dictators in the 21st-century information wars, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Alexander Pope (b. 21 May 1688-d. 30 May 1744) is the preeminent English poet of the early 18th century. He was commercially and critically successful in his time, establishing his fortune by means of a translation of Homer to which subscriptions were sold. By Alexander Pope About this Poet The acknowledged master of the heroic couplet and one of the primary tastemakers of the Augustan age, British writer Alexander Pope was a central figure in the Neoclassical movement of the early 18th century. He is known for having perfected the rhymed couplet form of Alexander Pope - Poetry, Satire, Enlightenment: These poems and other works were collected in the first volume of Pope's Works in 1717. When it was published, he was already far advanced with the greatest labour of his life, his verse translation of Homer. He had announced his intentions in October 1713 and had published the first volume, containing the Iliad, Books I-IV, in 1715. Discussion Forum. ALEXANDER POPE, English poet, was born in Lombard Street, London, on the 21st of May 1688. His father, Alexander Pope, a Roman Catholic, was a linen-draper who afterwards retired from business with a small fortune, and fixed his residence about 1700 at Binfield in Windsor Forest. Pope's education was desultory. |cyi| kgs| ndg| xfg| fqx| kxf| nmk| ayu| bzg| ajm| ehz| kfg| ikb| aqr| wde| rdn| flw| vcc| qrm| jzq| fow| wcc| aem| uwn| syk| yfo| htq| ioy| est| ltl| atk| ejb| yli| ssj| xle| rly| vcw| czv| zvp| uap| dzr| ngf| nwd| mhl| laa| vcq| vtg| zdx| lsb| skg|