Dulness and Pope
Dulness and Pope
Warton Lecture On English Poetry
This lecture discusses the dividedness shown by Pope in The Dunciad and attempts to offer a new explanation of that dividedness. It seeks the reasons for that dividedness and also dwells on Pope's relationship with the man he identified as a very dull poet, Sir Richard Blackmore. The lecture also argues that Pope acknowledged a kind of precedency in Dulness, and that The Dunciad pays an implicit tribute to the priority of dull poets in general.
Keywords: dividedness, The Dunciad, relationship, reasons for the dividedness, explanation of the dividedness, Sir Richard Blackmore, Dulness, priority of dull poets
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