{"product_id":"alexander-pope-by-yasmine-gooneratne","title":"'Alexander Pope' by Yasmine Gooneratne","description":"\u003ch4\u003eYasmine Gooneratne’s \u003cem\u003eAlexander Pope\u003c\/em\u003e is a compact critical study of one of the eighteenth century’s sharpest poets: satirist, translator, formal technician and professional irritant.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGooneratne follows the development of his style across the poems, asking how wit, irony, feeling and social judgement are compressed into an extraordinarily controlled verse form. His admiration for epic scale sits beside a temperament much better suited to ambiguity, mockery and the exposure of human vanity; Gooneratne reads that friction as productive rather than incidental. The discussion moves through the early poetry, \u003cem\u003eWindsor Forest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEloisa to Abelard\u003c\/em\u003e, the Homer translations, satires and later work, showing form as something Pope continually negotiates rather than simply masters once and repeats. Short, serious literary criticism from the era when introductory studies still assumed the reader might actually want an argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCambridge University Press, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Part of the \u003cem\u003eBritish Authors: Introductory Critical Studies\u003c\/em\u003e series. Light rubbing and shelf wear to covers, minor edge and corner wear, with a small crease to the lower front cover. Pages lightly age-toned but clean; binding sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45947261812819,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation_13.png?v=1786356581","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/alexander-pope-by-yasmine-gooneratne","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}