Women's Place in Pope's World: 2 (Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought, Series Number 2) - Softcover

Rumbold, Valerie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521026725 ISBN 13: 9780521026727

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

How was Alexander Pope's personal experience of women transformed into poetry, and how in turn did he and his writing figure in the lives of the women he wrote about? How characteristic of his age was Pope's attitude towards women? What exactly was the role in his life of individual women such as his mother, Patty Blount and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu? Valerie Rumbold's is the first full-length study of these important issues. Making use of previously little-known manuscripts, she focuses both on Pope's own life and art, and on early eighteenth-century assumptions about women and gender. She offers readings of some of the well-known poems in which women feature prominently, and follows Pope's response throughout his writings in general. His own alienation from the dominant culture (through religion, politics and physical handicap) and his troubled fascination with certain kinds of women make this subject complex and compelling, with wide implications. Dr Rumbold brings to light new information, and shows how the women with whom Pope dealt can themselves be seen as individuals with presence and dignity.

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"Valerie Rumbold's book is one of the best studies of Pope to appear in many years." Modern Philology

Book Description:

How was Alexander Pope's personal experience of women transformed into poetry, and how in turn did he and his writing figure in the lives of the women he wrote about? How characteristic of his age was Pope's attitude towards women? What exactly was the role in his life of individual women such as his mother, Patty Blount and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu?

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521026725
• ISBN 13: 9780521026727
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336