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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) / Poetry - Volume 2

Alexander Pope

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 652 pages

This is the second volume of a ten-volume collection of Alexander Pope's works, focusing on his poetry. It includes major poems such as An Essay on Criticism, The Rape of the Lock, Eloisa to Abelard, and An Essay on Man, along with notes and commentary. Pope's polished couplets and wit make these works enduring classics of English verse.

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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

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Opening of the book

THE WORKS
OF
ALEXANDER POPE.
NEW EDITION.
INCLUDING
SEVERAL HUNDRED UNPUBLISHED LETTERS, AND OTHER NEW
MATERIALS.
COLLECTED IN PART BY THE LATE
RT. HON. JOHN WILSON CROKER.
WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES.
BY REV. WHITWELL ELWIN.
VOL. II.
POETRY.—VOL. II.
WITH PORTRAITS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1871.
[The right of Translation is reserved.]

LONDON:

BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

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Frontispiece to the Essay on Man, designed by Pope to represent the vanity of human glory.

Table of Contents

AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM.

APPENDIX.

THE COMMENTARY AND NOTES OF W. WARBURTON ON THE

ESSAY ON CRITICISM.

RAPE OF THE LOCK.

ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY.

ELOISA TO ABELARD.

AN ESSAY ON MAN.

THE ARGUMENT.

THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

APPENDIX.

NOTES on "An Essay on Man".

NOTES OF W. WARBURTON ON THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

FOOTNOTES.

AN

ESSAY ON CRITICISM.

WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1709.

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Contents

  1. THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE.
  2. Transcriber's Note:
  3. Table of Contents
  4. AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM.
  5. THE COMMENTARY AND NOTES OF W. WARBURTON ON THE ESSAY ON CRITICISM.
  6. RAPE OF THE LOCK.
  7. ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY.
  8. ELOISA TO ABELARD.
  9. THE ARGUMENT.
  10. AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES
  11. THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
  12. APPENDIX.
  13. NOTES.
  14. NOTES OF W. WARBURTON ON THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
  15. FOOTNOTES:
  16. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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