The Effulgence Within: Alexander Pope's An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot

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Thursday, May 9, 2019

Alexander Pope's An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot

Pope’s An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot was written originally as a tribute to his physician friend Dr Arbuthnot. It was, as Pope said, a Bill of Complaint” against those who had attacked “not only my writings …, to my Person, Moral and my Family”. But the range of the poem is far wider than mere... Sign in to see full entry.

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