Pope
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the celebrated Poet to Poet series comes this masterfully curated selection of Alexander Pope's verse, assembled by the poet and scholar Peter Levi — a collection that brings the razor-sharp wit, formal brilliance, and satirical thunder of one of England's greatest Augustan poets roaring back to life. Pope's work, spanning mock-heroic epics like The Rape of the Lock to the moral grandeur of An Essay on Man, presents a poetic universe governed by intellect, irony, and an unrelenting pursuit of classical order, all rendered in his famously polished heroic couplets. Levi's selection is no mere anthology; it is an act of poetic dialogue, one artist reaching across centuries to champion another, illuminating what makes Pope's voice so enduringly vital. Peter Levi brings to this task a rare dual authority — that of a practising poet and a rigorous classical scholar — allowing him to frame Pope's genius with both personal insight and scholarly precision. The Poet to Poet series, published by Penguin, was founded on the belief that the most revelatory introductions to great poets come from fellow poets, and Levi's selection honours that premise entirely. Whether you are discovering Pope for the first time or returning to a familiar master, this volume will leave you questioning just how much of our modern world Pope already anticipated with devastating clarity.
Author: Peter Levi
Format: Paperback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the celebrated Poet to Poet series comes this masterfully curated selection of Alexander Pope's verse, assembled by the poet and scholar Peter Levi — a collection that brings the razor-sharp wit, formal brilliance, and satirical thunder of one of England's greatest Augustan poets roaring back to life. Pope's work, spanning mock-heroic epics like The Rape of the Lock to the moral grandeur of An Essay on Man, presents a poetic universe governed by intellect, irony, and an unrelenting pursuit of classical order, all rendered in his famously polished heroic couplets. Levi's selection is no mere anthology; it is an act of poetic dialogue, one artist reaching across centuries to champion another, illuminating what makes Pope's voice so enduringly vital. Peter Levi brings to this task a rare dual authority — that of a practising poet and a rigorous classical scholar — allowing him to frame Pope's genius with both personal insight and scholarly precision. The Poet to Poet series, published by Penguin, was founded on the belief that the most revelatory introductions to great poets come from fellow poets, and Levi's selection honours that premise entirely. Whether you are discovering Pope for the first time or returning to a familiar master, this volume will leave you questioning just how much of our modern world Pope already anticipated with devastating clarity.