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Lädt ... Alexander Pope: A Lifevon Maynard Mack
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)821.5Literature English & Old English literatures English poetry 1702-1745 Queen Anne period, 18th. centuryKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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I was just getting into Pope when I came across this book in a used bookstore. I bought it without expecting to enjoy it much; it's a great brick of a thing, and how interesting could his life have been? I stayed up most of the night to finish it, and have reread it several times with pleasure.
Mack gives wonderful context for those unfamiliar with 18th century England, and follows his subject's life with great sympathy and acuity. One comes away with a picture of a passionate, intelligent, and lonely man, who used his wit to woo friends and protect himself from the rest of the world. Pope overcame humble birth to become a respected and wealthy man, and somehow wrote a great volume of brilliant and humane poetry despite painful and debilitating health problems. This isn't hagiography, either; I get the feeling that Pope usually earned both his friends and enemies. ( )