Valerie Rumbold
Reader in English Literature at Birmingham University
1 episode
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English male poetsEnglish essayistsEnglish male non-fiction writersBritish male essayistsPeople from the City of London18th-century English male writersEnglish Roman CatholicsEnglish Catholic poetsNeoclassical writers18th-century English non-fiction writersTranslators of HomerTuberculosis deaths in EnglandFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England18th-century British essayistsRoman Catholic writers18th-century English poetsTory poets
Pope
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the satirist Alexander Pope. One of the greatest poets of the English language, his brilliant satires have made him popular in our age but not in his own.
9 November 2006
Also featuring: John Mullan, Jim McLaverty
18th-century English male writersBritish male essayistsEnglish essayists18th-century English non-fiction writersTranslators of HomerTuberculosis deaths in England18th-century English poetsEnglish Catholic poetsNeoclassical writersTory poetsFreemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of EnglandEnglish Roman CatholicsEnglish male non-fiction writersPeople from the City of LondonEnglish male poets18th-century British essayistsRoman Catholic writers18th century