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Alexander Pope Alexander Pope ( (1688-1744)1688-1744)English essayist, critic, satirist, and one of the greatest poets of the Enlightenment12021/6/7Contents:Contents: Brief Introduction Major Works Some Quotations from Pope Analysis of his An Essay on Man22021/6/7Alexander Pope (1688.5.21 1744.5.30) was a famous 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson(丁尼生).32021/6/7l Merchant(Roman Catholic)familyl PoorHealth:Weak&crippledl Littleregularschooling(byself-study)l Nouniversity,novoting,nopublicofficeforhimDue to his Roman Catholic background and poor health42021/6/7l Turntopoetryinhisearlylifel Atbestinsatire （讽刺）and epigram（警句）In his time, Pope was famous for his witty satire and aggressive, bitter quarrels with other writers52021/6/7From the age of 12, he suffered numerous health problems, such as Potts disease (a form of tuberculosis that affects the bone)（结核性脊椎炎）, which deformed his body and stunted his growth, leaving him with a severe hunchback（驼背）. His tuberculosis infection caused other health problems including respiratory difficulties, high fevers, inflamed eyes, and abdominal pain. He grew to a height of only 1.37 m 1.37 m talltall. Pope was already removed from society because he was Catholic; his poor health only alienated him further. Poor HealthPoor Health62021/6/7Popes education was affected by the recently enacted Test Acts, which upheld the status of the established Church of England and banned Catholics from teaching, attending a university, voting, or holding public office on pain of perpetual imprisonment. EducationEducation72021/6/7Pope was taught to read by his aunt, and went to Twyford School in about 1698/99. He then went to two Catholic schools in London.In 1700, due to strong anti-Catholic sentiment and a statute preventing Catholics from living within 10 miles of either London or Westminster, his family moved. Popes formal education ended at this time, and from then on he mostly educated himself by reading the works of classical writers. He also studied many languages and read works by English, French, Italian, Latin, and Greek poets. 82021/6/7Alexander PopeAlexander Pope故居故居92021/6/7Alexander PopeAlexander Pope故居牌坊故居牌坊102021/6/7Epitaph for Isaac Newtons tomb stone by Alexander Pope:Nature and natures laws lay hid in night;God said Let Newton be! and all was light.自然和自然的法则隐藏在黑暗之中。

上帝说：让牛顿出世吧，于是一切豁然开朗112021/6/7An Essay on Criticism (1711) 批评论The Rape of the Lock (1712-14) 夺发记The Dunciad (1728) 愚人记An Essay on Man (1733-34) 论人Major works:Major works:PopePope as a poet:122021/6/7132021/6/7142021/6/7Heroic couplet (Heroic couplet (英雄双英雄双韵韵/ /行体行体) ) A verse unit consisting of lines in iambic pentameter （抑扬格五音步） rhymed in pairs; A traditional form for English poetry, commonly used in epic and narrative poetry (通常用于史诗和叙事诗中); Use of it was pioneered by Chaucer（乔叟） in the Legend of Good Women贤妇传说and Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集and was perfected by John Dryden（约翰德莱顿） in the Restoration Age;152021/6/7 Came into vogue in poetic drama in the seventeenth century; In the eighteenth century, in the hands of masters like Dryden, Pope and Johnson, it became for many years the dominant English verse form.162021/6/7Translation of the Iliad（171520） the Odyssey （1725-26）翻译荷马史诗伊里亚特、奥德赛PopePope as a translator:His translation of the Iliad was acclaimed by Samuel Johnson as “ a performance which no age or nation could hope to equal.”(第一部英语词典的编纂者约翰逊博士称赞为“世界前所未见的高贵的诗译作”)172021/6/7182021/6/7PopePope as an editor:Editing and publishing Shakespeares plays in 1725192021/6/7Some quotations from PopeSome quotations from Pope: :A little learning is a dangerous thing. (from An Essay on Criticism) 只有少量知识是危险的。

To err is human, to forgive, divine. 人皆有错，难能宽恕An honest man is the noblest work of God. 诚实的人是上帝创造的最佳作品For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. 天使裹足不前,愚人横冲直入/智者避之惟恐不及,愚者轻举妄动Fools admire, but men of sense approve. 傻瓜才仰慕别人，而有见识的人赞赏别人202021/6/7212021/6/7Introduction TheEssay on Manisaphilosophicalpoem,writteninheroiccoupletsandpublishedbetween1732and1734.Popeintendedthispoemtobethecenterpieceofaproposedsystemofethicsthatwastobeputforthinpoeticform;however,hedidnotlivetocompleteit.222021/6/7 ThepoemconsistsoffourepistlesthatareaddressedtoLordBolingbroke.Itisanattemptto“vindicatethewaysofGodtoMan.Itchallengesaspridefulananthropocentricworld-view.ThepoemisnotsolelyChristian;however,itmakesanassumptionthatmanhasfallenandmustseekhisownsalvation.232021/6/7Analysis Dividedintofourparts,AnEssayonManexplicatesideascommonplaceamongeighteenth-centuryEuropeanintellectualsconcerninghumannatureandhumanitysroleintheuniverse. Thefirstepistleattemptstoshowtheunderlyingharmonyandvirtueoftheuniverseandtheproprietyofhumanitysplaceinit,despitethepresenceofevilandapparentimperfectionintheworld.242021/6/7 Thesecondepistledi。