1. Alexander Pope
The affirmations of the former poem were not written out of ignorance of human suffering, and the vituperations of the latter poem cannot be understood apart from the contumely which Pope suffered at the hands of his adversaries "Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Lord Hervey, John Dennis, Joseph Addison, and Lewis Theobald, to name a few. ... Arbuthnot to "this long disease, my life,"" is no literary confabulation but an accurate description of his sufferings (Adler Internet; Gurney Internet). ...
- Word Count: 590
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Graduate