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c 1700 to c 1800, Poetry by individual poets, Prose: non-fiction, Literary studies: poetry & poets
Chief satirist of the Augustan age, as seen in The rape of the Lock,Pope spoke out against society and his profession,in poetry of bitter invective and biting humour.
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope was an eighteenth-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, including ESSAY ON CRITICISM, THE RAPE OF THE LOCK and THE DUNCIAD, and for his translation of Homer. He is the second-most frequently quoted writer in THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS after Shakespeare.
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