ENGL 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: 8 Man, Counterpoint, Doctor Octopus
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Midterm next class: make a list of authors and their work. Pope: condescending, constructive, catholic not part of the public life could not own property, not vote, not attend public school not full citizens catholics were looked at suspiciously/potential traitors. Belonged to an outsider group within england. Why was he such a loyal tory then? (conservatism, monarchy, tradition) Service in preserving the order and tradition of the tory mentality. Wanted to be a part of that group. Each part is interdependent on the other. If one part is added or removed everything falls apart. Pride, sinful act, ambition, etc bad and would break the chain of being exceeding your boundaries was sinful needed to know your place and stay within it. The work: 1733 wrote it 1734 published without his name on it, epistolary letters, decorum literary form needs to match up with, bring together two sides gives himself credit for writing an epic , abstract.
