Collected Poems . Everyman's Library

London England: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1985. Paperback. Slight crease to front cover. Small closed tear to spine. New Introduction by Clive T. Probyn. 'The proper study of mankind is man'. Thus apt;ly did Alexander Pope sum up his own art, for man in society was both his subject and his audience. Yet, peculiarly disadvantaged from the start by his Roman Catholic background and by physical disability, although Pope write from within the social scene he was himself never fully part of it, and his fearless attacks on contemporary society arounsed a violent hostility which marked the whole of his areer. In his poety as in his life, Poe's values were defined in conflict and through transformations: for him poetry was made from the interaction of the past and present, the private and the public, and his career was influenced both by inherited modes of expression and by his own eighteenth-century present. Clive Probyn's new introduction discusses Pope's life and art, and considers the nature of his genius, both as a product of its own time and for succeeding generations, stressing the view that the poet has a central place in society, whether as celebrant or opponent. 408 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.