János Barcsák, Márta Pellérdi

English literature 1660-1900

Family Background and Early Career

Pope was born in the family of a wealthy Roman Catholic merchant. As a late and only child, he enjoyed his parents’ special care and indulgence. His father not only tolerated but even encouraged his son’s bent for reading and his early poetic efforts. After the development of his illness, that is from his age of 12, Pope was almost completely confined within doors, where he spent most of his time in his father’s large and well-chosen library, studying the classic authors as well as the greatest English poets and completing thus his own education. From 1700 the family lived in Binfield, near the royal Windsor Forest, where they mixed in high society, and their illustrious neighbours soon recognized the young poet’s remarkable talent. Pope’s name, therefore, became known in literary circles very early and he was treated as a kind of infant prodigy. At 12 he corrected the verses of William Wycherley and he was hailed by the minor poet and critic, William Walsh, as the poet who might give the first “correct” poem to the English language.

Tartalomjegyzék

Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2018

ISBN: 978 963 454 261 2

Irodalom PPKE BTK jegyzetek

A history of the English literature is presented here, with a scope on the years 1660 to 1900. The book is written in three main parts; beginning with the Restoration Period of the 17th century, followed by the first, and second halves of the 18th century. Thus, a sequential development of literary genres is presented, with explorations of the key figures and texts which drove these. The book also synthesises the historical, cultural and sociological background which gave rise to this literature, and allows the reader to effectively contextualise these.

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