Pope, Print, and Meaning

ISBN-13: 9780198184973 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 272 str.

James McLaverty; J. McLaverty

Opis

Pope's fascination with print--with annotations, illustrations, parallel texts, title-pages, revisions-- shapes this reading of his work. The book offers fresh insights into Pope's self-presentation and his relation to his readers: he emerges as a figure marginalized socially, politically, and sexually, who gambles with his private life in confronting his opponents.

Recenzje

McLaverty's book describes the ways in which Pope used the resources of print - typography, headpieces and tailpieces, title pages, annotations, illustrations - to control the reception of his work McLaverty shows how all Pope's means of publication shaped the meaning of his work for his contemporaries.