Alexander Pope's "Opus magnum", 1729-1744 / Miriam Leranbaum
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1977. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #407186
ISBN: 0198120516
Physical description; 187 pp. : ill ; 23 cm. Contents; Introduction -- Pope's plans for his "ethic work", 1729-1735 -- 'An essay on man' -- The 'Epistle to Cobham' and the 'Epistle to a Lady' -- The 'Epistle to Bathurst' -- The 'Epistle to Burlington' -- Pope's ethic scheme after 1735 -- "Brutus" -- The final 'Opus magnum' plans, 1744. Subjects; Pope, Alexander 1688-1744. Religion and ethics. Essay on man. Criticism and interpretation.
Price: €12.95