Publisher's Note This is a lively and authoritative guide to the life Pope called 'a warfare upon earth'. Dr Rosslyn gives a sympathetic portrait of the poet who overcame the obscurity of his origins and the embarrassment of his deformity to become the uncrowned laureate of his age-and also to make the largest literary fortune since Shakepeare's.
Industry Reviews Rosslyn (English, U. of Leicester) gives a sympathetic portrait of the poet who overcame the obscurity of his origins and the embarrassment of his deformity to become the uncrowned laureate of his age -- and also make the largest literary fortune since Shakespeare's. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Reference & Research Book News