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Pastorals

  • William Hutchings (author)
Chapter of: ‘Wit’s Wild Dancing Light’: Reading the Poems of Alexander Pope(pp. 21–34)
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Title Pastorals
ContributorWilliam Hutchings (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0372.02
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0372/chapters/10.11647/obp.0372.02
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
CopyrightWilliam Hutchings
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2023-12-19
Long abstract

Chapter 1 presents detailed readings of extracts from all four sections of the Pastorals. These together demonstrate how the work represents an impressive apprentice-piece and a fully achieved poem, which was greeted with high praise and acclaim.

Page rangepp. 21–34
Print length14 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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William Hutchings

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Honorary Research Fellow at University of Manchester

William Hutchings was formerly Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Director of the Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning at the University of Manchester, UK and he is presently Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at that university. He now lectures regularly to public groups locally and nationally. He has a wealth of teaching experience on English Literature courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and is the editor of Andrew Marvell: Selected Poems, the author of The Poetry of William Cowper, and Literary Criticism: A Practical Guide for Students.

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