Description: "Alexander Pope: Les Principes de la Morale et du Goût, en Deux Poëms" + "Alexander Pope: La Boucle de Cheveux Enlevée, Poeme Heroicomique" Bound together in this volume are 'An Essay on Man' and 'An Essay on Criticism' by Alexander Pope, along with his work 'The Rape of the Lock.' Paris, Chez Briasson, 1738. 17 x 10 cm., 228 + 81 pages. Text in French. Period full leather, raised bands, gilt to spine, marbled endpapers, red edges. Minor wear to the covers; otherwise, in good condition. -"An Essay on Man" is a poem published by Alexander Pope in 1733-1734. It was dedicated to Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, hence the opening line: "Awake, my St John...". It is an effort to rationalize or rather "vindicate the ways of God to man," a variation of John Milton's claim in the opening lines of Paradise Lost, that he will "justifie the wayes of God to men." It is concerned with the natural order God has decreed for man. Because man cannot know God's purposes, he cannot complain about his position in the great chain of being and must accept that "Whatever is, is right," a theme that was satirized by Voltaire in Candide (1759). More than any other work, it popularized optimistic philosophy throughout England and the rest of Europe. - An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688-1744), published in 1711. It is the source of the famous quotations "To err is human; to forgive, divine", "A little learning is a dang'rous thing" (frequently misquoted as "A little knowledge is a dang'rous thing"), and "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread". - The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope. One of the most commonly cited examples of high burlesque, it was first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellaneous Poems and Translations (May 1712) in two cantos (334 lines); a revised edition "Written by Mr. Pope" followed in March 1714 as a five-canto version (794 lines) accompanied by six engravings. Pope boasted that this sold more than three thousand copies in its first four days. The final form of the poem appeared in 1717 with the addition of Clarissa's speech on good humour. The poem was much translated and contributed to the growing popularity of mock-heroic in Europe.
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Author: Alexander Pope
Binding: Leather
Language: French
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Topic: Literature
Year Printed: 1738
