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Pope Versus Dryden: A Controversy in Letters to The Gentleman's Magazine, 1789-1791 - Couverture souple

Foster, Gretchen M.

 
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Synopsis

When in 1789 Anna Seward and Joseph Watson entered into a debate about the merits of Alexander Pope and John Dryden, they did not foresee the flood of words their conflict would call forth. The Seward-Weston controversy and its legacy contributes substantially to our understanding of polite literary taste before the Romantic revolution.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

When in 1789 Anna Seward and Joseph Watson entered into a debate about the merits of Alexander Pope and John Dryden, they did not foresee the flood of words their conflict would call forth. The Seward-Weston controversy and its legacy contributes substantially to our understanding of polite literary taste before the Romantic revolution.

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