Description
Winner of the Christian Gauss Award of Phi Beta Kappa and the Robert Kirsch Award of the Los Angeles Times.
About the Author
Maynard Mack is Sterling Professor of English Emeritus at Yale University.
Reviews
"Brings to life in richly imagined historical context the controversial figure of Alexander Pope, the most important poet of his time. . . . Brilliant analysis." -- Patricia Meyer Spacks - Chicago Tribune
"A first-rate biography. . . . Doubles as a masterly work of literary and cultural history. . . . Beautifully written." -- New Statesman
"[A] crowning achievement. . . . The rewards of reading [Pope] are immense-and so are the rewards of reading about him in this excellent biography." -- John Gross - New York Times
"Mack brings us both Pope and the age in a biography as entertaining as it is masterly." -- Publishers Weekly
"Long-awaited. . . . Mr. Mack has now laid before us in impressive and authoritative fashion the whole life of Pope, an invaluable gift of scholarship and judgment. . . . Reads like a good Russian novel." -- John M. Aden - Sewanne Review
Awards
Winner of Los Angeles Times Book Prize 1986.
Book Information
ISBN 9780393305296
Author Maynard Mack
Format Paperback
Page Count 988
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 1492g
Dimensions(mm) 239mm * 157mm * 41mm
About the Author
Maynard Mack is Sterling Professor of English Emeritus at Yale University.
Reviews
"Brings to life in richly imagined historical context the controversial figure of Alexander Pope, the most important poet of his time. . . . Brilliant analysis." -- Patricia Meyer Spacks - Chicago Tribune
"A first-rate biography. . . . Doubles as a masterly work of literary and cultural history. . . . Beautifully written." -- New Statesman
"[A] crowning achievement. . . . The rewards of reading [Pope] are immense-and so are the rewards of reading about him in this excellent biography." -- John Gross - New York Times
"Mack brings us both Pope and the age in a biography as entertaining as it is masterly." -- Publishers Weekly
"Long-awaited. . . . Mr. Mack has now laid before us in impressive and authoritative fashion the whole life of Pope, an invaluable gift of scholarship and judgment. . . . Reads like a good Russian novel." -- John M. Aden - Sewanne Review
Awards
Winner of Los Angeles Times Book Prize 1986.
Book Information
ISBN 9780393305296
Author Maynard Mack
Format Paperback
Page Count 988
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 1492g
Dimensions(mm) 239mm * 157mm * 41mm
