Copyright
William HutchingsPublished On
2023-12-19Page Range
pp. 93–98Language
- English
Print Length
6 pages
8. Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady
- William Hutchings (author)
Chapter of: ‘Wit’s Wild Dancing Light’: Reading the Poems of Alexander Pope(pp. 93–98)
Chapter 8 reads the Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady as a discreet but emotionally charged poem. Using the language of pastoral and incorporating the tradition of classical elegy, it represents an often overlooked, if relatively small, area of Pope’s oeuvre.
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.