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    The Poetry Hour - Volume 17
    The Poetry Hour - Volume 17
    The Poetry Hour - Volume 17
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    The Poetry Hour - Volume 17

    By Alexander Pope, GK Chesterton and Abraham Cowley

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    Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings. Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children’s textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today.

    Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We’ve put together some very eclectic Poetry Hours, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations.

    In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of Ben Jonson and Jalalludin Rumi as well as themes on The Female Poet, Hell, Victorian Poetry and more.

    All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul & reaching the parts that other arts can’t. Our range of audiobooks and ebooks cover volumes on some of our greatest poets to anthologies of seasons, months, places and a wide range of themes. Portable Poetry can found at iTunes, Audible, the digital music section on Amazon and most other digital stores.

    This audio book is also duplicated in print as an ebook. Same title. Same words. Perhaps a different experience. But with Amazon’s whispersync you can pick up and put down on any device – start on audio, continue in print and any which way after that.

    Portable poetry – Let us join you for the journey.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPortable Poetry
    Release dateJan 11, 2018
    ISBN9781787377059
    Author

    Alexander Pope

    Alexander Pope kommt 1688 in London zur Welt. Als Katholiken beargwöhnt, zieht sich die Familie bald nach der Geburt Alexanders aufs Land zurück, was die Ausbildung des Jungen schwierig gestaltet. Autodidaktisch erlernt er Latein und Griechisch, aber auch Französisch und Italienisch und beginnt früh, Verse zu schreiben. Die Pastorals erscheinen 1709 und begründen seinen Ruhm als einer der bedeutendsten englischen Dichter des beginnenden 18. Jahrhunderts. Äußerlich kleinwüchsig und an vielerlei Gebrechen leidend, erhalten viele seiner geschliffenen Verse den Stellenwert von Sprichwörtern.Pope ist der erste englische Dichter, der schon zu Lebzeiten bleibenden Ruhm im gesamten europäischen Ausland erfährt. Er führt das Versepos in England zur Blüte und macht es zur beherrschenden poetischen Form seines Jahrhunderts. Bis 1725 widmet sich Pope der Übersetzung der Ilias und der Odyssee, ein Projekt, das so lukrativ für ihn wird, daß es ihn fortan finanziell unabhängig macht. 1733 entsteht dann das philosophische Lehrgedicht Vom Menschen, in dem Pope bezweifelt, das das Wesen des Menschen aus spekulativer Vernunft heraus bestimmt werden kann. Die welthaften Bedingungen und Beziehungen des menschlichen Lebens seien vielmehr Voraussetzung für die philosophische Erkenntnis. Menschliches Glück könne nur in einer Gesellschaft erlangt werden, die größtmögliche Individualität erlaube.Pope stirbt 1744 in Twickenham bei London.

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      The Poetry Hour - Volume 17 - Alexander Pope

      The Poetry Hour – Volume 17

      Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words.  The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one.  But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition.  Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings.

      Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children’s textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today.

      Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We’ve put together some very eclectic Poetry Hours, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations. 

      In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of Alexander Pope as well as themes on January, Cavalier Poets, Night and more.

      All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul & reaching the parts that other arts can’t.  Our range of audiobooks and ebooks cover volumes on some of our greatest poets to anthologies of seasons, months, places and a wide range of themes.  Portable Poetry can found at iTunes, Audible, the digital music section on Amazon and most other digital stores.

      This audio book is also duplicated in print as an ebook. Same title. Same words. Perhaps a different experience. But with Amazon’s whispersync you can pick up and put down on any device – start on audio, continue in print and any which way after that. 

      Portable poetry – Let us join you for the journey.

      Alexander Pope – An Introduction

      Alexander Pope was born on 21st May, 1688 into a Catholic family in London.

      His education was affected by the then recent Test Acts, which upheld the status of the Church of England and banned Catholics from teaching.  In effect this meant his formal education was over by the age of 12 but Pope was to immerse himself in classical literature and languages and so, in effect, educate

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