An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope
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"An Essay on Criticism" by Alexander Pope is a major poem published in 1711. Composed in heroic couplets, this verse essay examines how writers and critics should behave in the literary world of Pope's time. The poem offers advice on good criticism while warning against common faults, emphasizing imitation of ancient writers like Homer and Virgil as the ultimate standard for taste. It's the source of enduring quotations including "To err is
human; to forgive, divine" and "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 |
|---|---|
| Title | An Essay on Criticism |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_on_Criticism |
| Credits |
Produced by Ted Garvin, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Criticism |
| Subject | Poetry -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7409 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Feb 7, 2015 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2219 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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