Download or read book ‘Wit’s Wild Dancing Light’ written by William Hutchings and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a chronological reading of Alexander Pope’s poems, from the Pastorals (1709) to the four-book Dunciad (1743). Each of the 26 chapters forming the volume selects examples for detailed scrutiny, demonstrating how close reading can generate understanding of a whole poem and how critical appraisal can build into a creative survey of an entire poetic career. The book’s approach is intended to be both scholarly and accessible and 'Wit's Wild Dancing Light' will be of interest to scholars, students and anybody interested in Pope’s masterful poetry.