Alexander Pope, William Cowper, Anthony Uyl

Gebundenes Buch

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey Pope and Cowper Translations

Demonic and Goetic Origins Series

Beschreibung

The poems of the epic era have always been a point of interest for many that are involved or studying the spiritual or occult. What will often happen is that many of these current groups will be referring back to these ancient epics in a way that makes these old tales worth studying in order to get a better understanding of what these groups believe. The gods and "demons" that are often mentioned in these old texts are very much real to these individuals and need to be taken seriously. This edition is designed to make the study of these ancient poems easier. While this volume includes the Pope and Cowper translations of the Iliad and Odyssey, there are many points of references that can be made for anyone looking deeper into the spiritual side of not just ancient Greece, but many groups today that focus their intentions and beliefs around these ancient stories.

Autor

One of the most well-known English writers of the early 18th century, Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era. Pope, a proponent of Augustan literature, translated Homer and is most known for his satirical and discursive poetry, such as The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism. He is also noted for his work in the Augustan movement. Pope is the second most quoted author in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare, and several of his verses have become part of everyday speech. On May 21, 1688, during the Glorious Revolution's year, Alexander Pope was born in London. In London's Strand, his father Alexander Pope, who lived from 1646 to 1717, owned a prosperous linen business. His mother, Edith (1643 1733), was a York-born descendant of William Turner, Esquire. They were both Catholics. Samuel Cooper, a well-known miniature painter, was married to his mother's sister. A philosophical poem in heroic couplets called An Essay on Man was written between 1732 and 1734. The Pope intended it to serve as the focal point of a system of ethics that would be presented in poetic form.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Devoted Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 742
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 2084g
• ISBN-13: 9781773564258
• ISBN-10: 1773564250
• Artikelnr.: 66007685