Alexander Pope

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essayist human literary critic poet satirist translator

Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet renowned for his satirical verse, mastery of the heroic couplet, and works such as "The Rape of the Lock" and his translation of Homer.

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Alexander Pope Sr. 1

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1744 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1700 ⓘ
birthDate 1688-05-21 ⓘ
birthPlace City of London ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
burialPlace St Mary’s Church, Twickenham ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1744-05-30 ⓘ
deathPlace Twickenham ⓘ
educatedAt self-educated ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
father Alexander Pope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alexander Pope Sr.
genre didactic poetry ⓘ
mock-heroic poetry ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
satire ⓘ
influenced English satirical poetry ⓘ
Samuel Johnson ⓘ
Voltaire ⓘ
influencedBy Horace ⓘ
John Dryden ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ
knownFor mastery of the heroic couplet ⓘ
satirical verse ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mother Edith Pope ⓘ
movement Augustan literature ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
name Alexander Pope self-link ⓘ
notableWork An Essay on Criticism ⓘ
An Essay on Man ⓘ
Eloisa to Abelard ⓘ
Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot ⓘ
Imitations of Horace ⓘ
Moral Essays ⓘ
Pastorals ⓘ
The Dunciad ⓘ
The Rape of the Lock ⓘ
The Rape of the Lock ⓘ
surface form: The Rape of the Lock (final five-canto version)

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religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Binfield, Berkshire ⓘ
Twickenham ⓘ
style heroic couplet ⓘ
translatedFromLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
translatedWork Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form: The Iliad

Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: The Odyssey

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Duchess of Queensberry → associatedWith → Alexander Pope ⓘ
subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
John Gay → associatedWith → Alexander Pope ⓘ
John Gay → collaboratedWith → Alexander Pope ⓘ
Alexander Pope → father → Alexander Pope self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexander Pope Sr.
The Scriblerus Club → hasMember → Alexander Pope ⓘ
A Fable for Critics → influencedBy → Alexander Pope ⓘ
Samuel Johnson → influencedBy → Alexander Pope ⓘ
The Shepherd's Week → influencedBy → Alexander Pope ⓘ
Thomas Gray → influencedBy → Alexander Pope ⓘ
Alexander Pope → name → Alexander Pope self-link ⓘ
Augustan literature → notableAuthor → Alexander Pope ⓘ