While cataloging the Nickell Collection of 18th-century English Literature, a presentation copy from Alexander Pope to William Oliver has been discovered. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is best known for his poems, which include The Rape of the Lock (1712) and An Essay on Man (1733-4). But Pope was also a prolific letter writer due to a […]
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Alexander Pope Presentation Copies
May 6, 2010