Copyright
William HutchingsPublished On
2023-12-19Page Range
pp. 145–154Language
- English
Print Length
10 pages
12. An Epistle to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington
- William Hutchings (author)
Chapter of: ‘Wit’s Wild Dancing Light’: Reading the Poems of Alexander Pope(pp. 145–154)
Chapter 12. An Epistle to Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, is first of the epistles which form the dominant genre of Pope’s work in the 1730s. Its topic is the use of riches, in particular their investment in the arts of buildings and gardens. In agreeably comic manner, the epistle exposes the pursuit of artistic creation to satirical scrutiny by showing how the finest examples of judgement are open to perversion by ‘imitating fools’.
Contributors
William Hutchings
(author)Honorary Research Fellow at University of Manchester
William Hutchings was formerly Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Director of the Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning at the University of Manchester, UK and he is presently Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at that university. He now lectures regularly to public groups locally and nationally. He has a wealth of teaching experience on English Literature courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and is the editor of Andrew Marvell: Selected Poems, the author of The Poetry of William Cowper, and Literary Criticism: A Practical Guide for Students.