{"product_id":"pope-and-the-destiny-of-the-stuarts-history-politics-and-mythology-in-the-age-of-queen-anne-9780199274390","title":"Pope and the Destiny of the Stuarts: History, Politics, and Mythology in the Age of Queen Anne","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pat Rogers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis radical new look at the literary and political climate of England during the reign of Queen Anne examines the work of the greatest poet of the age, Alexander Pope. \u003cem\u003ePope and the Destiny of the Stuarts\u003c\/em\u003e provides the fullest contextual account to date of \u003cem\u003eWindsor-Forest\u003c\/em\u003e (1713), widely seen as a key text in the evolution of early eighteenth-century poetry. It examines the poem's topical and political aspects and offers a reconfiguration of Pope's early career, demonstrating that this was a pivotal period, marking a critical watershed in both his personal and literary development. The book gives a complete account of Pope's life and work in his early twenties, and supplies a new political interpretation, including a careful analysis of possible Jacobite colorings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAttention is directed towards a range of literary, historical, ideological, and artistic issues. The book draws on classical studies (the role of Virgil and Ovid especially), Renaissance scholarship, literary history, political history, and artistic contexts. The key ideas and techniques of \u003cem\u003eWindsor-Forest\u003c\/em\u003e are related to Pope's other early works, including the \u003cem\u003ePastorals\u003c\/em\u003e and, centrally, \u003cem\u003eThe Rape of the Lock\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRogers goes on to reassess the poet's dealings with the Scriblerus group. He shows previously unnoted textual connections with the work of Swift, Gay, Parnell, and also Prior, and casts fresh light on the tortuous process of composition and revision of \u003cem\u003eWindsor-Forest\u003c\/em\u003e, with a description of the manuscript and an account of the publishing and textual history, while numerous allusions are traced for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003ePope and the Destiny of the Stuarts\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to scholars and students of eighteenth-century literature, history, and politics.","brand":"OUP Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47613473751191,"sku":"9780199274390","price":21401.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199274390.webp?v=1775085478","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pope-and-the-destiny-of-the-stuarts-history-politics-and-mythology-in-the-age-of-queen-anne-9780199274390","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}