Pope's portraiture : a critical examination of portraiture in the poetry of Alexander Pope

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dc.contributor.advisorKnox-Shaw, Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHay-Whitton, Alexander Marken_ZA
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dc.date.issued1986en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 202-210.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis work examines and critically evaluates what the author considers to be the chief concerns of Pope's verse portraits, and particularly attempts to trace the manifestations of these concerns in the formal, rather than argumentative or polemic, qualities of Pope's writing. The works selected have accordingly been primarily those in which the density of poetic description of character was sufficient to indicate implicit qualities of psychological interest, sometimes at remarkable variance with more express argument of contemporary theories. Starting from an initial agreement with Dr Johnson concerning Pope's shortcomings as a philosopher, the author chooses works for detailed study on the basis of the various ways they present human types and characters: through a semi-dramatic narrative presentation, through brief life-histories, through descriptive character-sketches, or through implication of character by environment. The author bases much of his work on the idea of a dual interest in Pope's verse, which is partly satiric and aimed at moral.or social correction, partly humorous and aimed at examination or elucidation of human nature. The Dunciad and An Essay on Man are examples of the two interests as opposite extremes; but in most of Pope's work, the author maintains, the functions are complementary.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHay-Whitton, A. M. (1986). <i>Pope's portraiture : a critical examination of portraiture in the poetry of Alexander Pope</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21879en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHay-Whitton, Alexander Mark. <i>"Pope's portraiture : a critical examination of portraiture in the poetry of Alexander Pope."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21879en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHay-Whitton, A. 1986. Pope's portraiture : a critical examination of portraiture in the poetry of Alexander Pope. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hay-Whitton, Alexander Mark AB - This work examines and critically evaluates what the author considers to be the chief concerns of Pope's verse portraits, and particularly attempts to trace the manifestations of these concerns in the formal, rather than argumentative or polemic, qualities of Pope's writing. The works selected have accordingly been primarily those in which the density of poetic description of character was sufficient to indicate implicit qualities of psychological interest, sometimes at remarkable variance with more express argument of contemporary theories. Starting from an initial agreement with Dr Johnson concerning Pope's shortcomings as a philosopher, the author chooses works for detailed study on the basis of the various ways they present human types and characters: through a semi-dramatic narrative presentation, through brief life-histories, through descriptive character-sketches, or through implication of character by environment. The author bases much of his work on the idea of a dual interest in Pope's verse, which is partly satiric and aimed at moral.or social correction, partly humorous and aimed at examination or elucidation of human nature. The Dunciad and An Essay on Man are examples of the two interests as opposite extremes; but in most of Pope's work, the author maintains, the functions are complementary. DA - 1986 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1986 T1 - Pope's portraiture : a critical examination of portraiture in the poetry of Alexander Pope TI - Pope's portraiture : a critical examination of portraiture in the poetry of Alexander Pope UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21879 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21879
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHay-Whitton AM. Pope's portraiture : a critical examination of portraiture in the poetry of Alexander Pope. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 1986 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21879en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.titlePope's portraiture : a critical examination of portraiture in the poetry of Alexander Popeen_ZA
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