An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires
A checked 1891 collection edited by Henry Morley. The selected hope and self-knowledge passages belong to Pope’s Essay on Man; the introductory commentary belongs to the editor. Read the couplets within their religious and philosophical argument, beyond the familiar extracts.
Who it suits
Readers interested in hope, self-knowledge and sustained philosophical verse.
Reading experience
Demanding; compressed couplets, historical references and a sustained religious argument. This is an Edsverb editorial guide, not a measured reading score.
The edition
- Edition
- 1891 Cassell & Company edition; edited by Henry Morley; transcribed by Les Bowler; catalogue HTML ISBN
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- ISBN
- 9798238024288
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