Pope

The works of ...

... ALEXANDER POPE

*Publication details of The Rape of the Lock:*	First published in 1712, the complex version of the mock-heroic poem appeared two years later.
Other literary works include:	Dunciad (1728). An Essay on Man (1734). An Essay on Criticism (1711).

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Born:

21st May, 1688 in London, England.

Early years:

He was the son of a Roman Catholic draper.

Schooling:

Pope was educated at various Catholic schools. He spent a year at Twyford, and then he went to study with Thomas Deane, a convert to Catholicism. After Pope moved to Binfield, he was self-taught.

Career:

Introduced to London life by the dramatist William Wycherley, he became well-known as a satirical poet, and a master of the heroic couplet. In 1709, the Pastorals, Pope's first published work, appeared in Tonson's Miscellanies. His Essay on Criticism was published anonymously in 1711. In 1713, Pope published Windsor Forest, a poem celebrating the Treaty of Utrecht. A year later he published the complex version of The Rape of the Lock and between 1715 and 1720 he published in six volumes the verse translation of Homer's Iliad.

Final years:

In 1737, Pope produced an authorized version of his Letters. The following year his satirical imitations of Horace were published. With the help of William Warburton, Pope produced the final version of the Dunciad, which appeared in four books in 1743.

Died:

21st of May, 1744, Twickenham, England.

Born:	21st May, 1688 in London, England.
Early years:	He was the son of a Roman Catholic draper.
Schooling:	Pope was educated at various Catholic schools. He spent a year at Twyford, and then he went to study with Thomas Deane, a convert to Catholicism. After Pope moved to Binfield, he was self-taught.
Career:	Introduced to London life by the dramatist William Wycherley, he became well-known as a satirical poet, and a master of the heroic couplet. In 1709, the Pastorals, Pope's first published work, appeared in Tonson's Miscellanies. His Essay on Criticism was published anonymously in 1711. In 1713, Pope published Windsor Forest, a poem celebrating the Treaty of Utrecht. A year later he published the complex version of The Rape of the Lock and between 1715 and 1720 he published in six volumes the verse translation of Homer's Iliad.
Final years:	In 1737, Pope produced an authorized version of his Letters. The following year his satirical imitations of Horace were published. With the help of William Warburton, Pope produced the final version of the Dunciad, which appeared in four books in 1743.
Died:	21st of May, 1744, Twickenham, England.