Pope and Berkeley: The Language of Poetry and Philosophy

Jones, T.

The first study dedicated to the relationship between Alexander Pope and George Berkeley, this book undertakes a comparative reading of their work on the visual environment, economics and providence, challenging current ideas of the relationship between poetry and philosophy in early eighteenth-century Britain. It shows how Berkeley's idea that the phenomenal world is the language of God, learnt through custom and experience, can help to explain some of Pope's conservative sceptical arguments, and also his virtuoso poetic techniques.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005-09-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403941725

DOI: 10.1057/9780230511026

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 203