Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men

Collected from the Conversation of Mr Pope, and Other Eminent Persons of his Time

By:

Joseph Spence

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

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Joseph Spence (1699–1768) was ordained after graduating from Oxford, and having made the acquaintance of Alexander Pope, was helped by him to the professorship of poetry at Oxford, which he held for ten years from 1728. At the same time (and while holding the living of Birchanger in Essex) he began the first of several extended European journeys, accompanying nobility on the Grand Tour. He had published various literary works before his death in 1768, but left a number of manuscripts to be published at the discretion of his executors. They decided to take no action, but these anecdotes of Alexander Pope and his contemporaries came into the possession of a bookseller called Carpenter, who had them edited, and published them, prefaced with a life of Spence, in 1820. This is a fascinating compilation of anecdotes, aphorisms and biographical details about the most famous poet of his age.

Release date NZ

January 1st, 2015

Author

Joseph Spence

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Edited by Samuel Weller Singer

Illustrations

1 Plates, black and white

Pages

548

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

Dimensions

139x216x34

ISBN-13

9781108074582

Product ID

22321581

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