ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alexander Pope, (born May 21, 1688, London, England-died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London), poet and satirist of the English Augustan period, best known for his poems An Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712–14), The Dunciad (1728), and An Essay on Man (1733–34).

Detailed explanation-3: -Among the many virtues ascribed to Pope Benedict XIV as a man of the Enlightenment was an informed and sympathetic interest in the natural sciences. In fact, he had little taste or time for most of the subjects cultivated by the academies of science proliferating in the Age of Reason.

Detailed explanation-4: -The acknowledged master of the heroic couplet and one of the primary tastemakers of the Augustan age, British writer Alexander Pope was a central figure in the Neoclassical movement of the early 18th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Alexander Pope’s literary career began in 1704 and he first attracted public attention in 1709 with his Pastorals (“Alexander Pope”). By this time, Pope was already at work on his more ambitious Essay on Criticism (1711) designed to create a rebirth of the contemporary literary scene (“Alexander Pope”).