English 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Brocade, Print Culture, Aeneid
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He was thought of as the greatest poets of the 18th century. He made his money as a professional writer. He made most of his money by translating. He bought a house in twitland and had his own little estate. He was roman catholic within a protestant sphere. Therefore this gave him his own little space. He was wracked with illness his entire life. Thus, he described his life as one long illness" He was well connected to to other london writers. He and swift were part of the scriblerians. They were tory-eading and were invested in satirical works. The early part of the 18th century has sometimes been called by some scholars as the age of pope" This was influenced by the epic tradition and greek and romans. The poem starts out as a kind of an occasional poem. This was poetry that came out of particular event.
