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Pope and the rhetoric of natural phenomena.
Abstract
An expanded curriculum for a study of the environment in eighteenth-century poetry includes those works in which natural phenomena appear to play a secondary rather than a primary role. Pope's "Epistles to Several Persons" or "Moral Essays" inspire debate about the ways in which images of environmental change and changeableness actualize not only the poet's vision of his surroundings but also his treatment of the ruling passion, the manners and opinions of men and women, the use of riches, and false taste. Students are asked to identify and evaluate the significance of Pope's repeated employment of environmental conceits across the collection of poems ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Pope and the rhetoric of natural phenomena.