- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Oneworld Classics Ltd; First Thus edition (1 May 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1847491057
- ISBN-13: 978-1847491053
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 876,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Written in 1727, "The Art of Sinking in Poetry" was one of Alexander Pope's contributions to the literary output of the legendary Scriblerus club - a circle of writers dedicated to mocking what they perceived as a culture of mediocrity and false learning prevalent in the arts and sciences of their day. Taking the form of an ironic guide to writing bad verse, Pope's tongue-in-cheek essay is wickedly funny in its lampooning of various pompous poetasters, as well as being essential reading for any budding writer wishing to avoid sinking to the unintentionally ridiculous, and instead to reach for the sublime."The Art of Sinking in Poetry" sees Pope lambasting a whole generation of justly forgotten authors, and is a significant addition to the canon of English literature.
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Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was an English poet, widely regarded as the greatest of the eighteenth century. His work holds a place in the canon of English literature and he is, after Shakespeare and Tennyson, the most quoted writer in the English language.
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First published in 1727 this essay brought the word bathos into more common usage and a part of our language. Pope was a member of the Scriblerus Club and this was one of his contributions. In ways this is a parody of Longinus' Peri Hupsous, after all this is called Peri Bathous and is an ironic satire essentially taking the pee out of what was then considered the 'sublime'.
Pope shows us how to write bad poetry with many examples with the one still coming to people's minds, a serious subject mixed with something very trivial. This is not just an attack on poetry but on all arts and those that were termed by the Scriblerus Club as 'dunces'. All in all this is a good quick read that will have you laughing out loud, but it is only really a niche market type of book, and won't appeal to many readers.
Pope shows us how to write bad poetry with many examples with the one still coming to people's minds, a serious subject mixed with something very trivial. This is not just an attack on poetry but on all arts and those that were termed by the Scriblerus Club as 'dunces'. All in all this is a good quick read that will have you laughing out loud, but it is only really a niche market type of book, and won't appeal to many readers.
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