An Essay on Criticism

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LibriVox recording of An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope. Read in English by cwanki The title, An Essay on Criticism hardly indicates all that is included in the poem. It would have been impossible to give a full and exact idea of the art of poetical criticism without entering into the consideration of the art of poetry. Accordingly Pope has interwoven the precepts of both throughout the poem which might more properly have been styled an essay on the Art of Criticism and of Poetry. - Summary from the Gutenberg text For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (19MB)

Directors & creators

Alexander Pope

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;literature; poetry; literary criticism; heroic couplet; literary ideals

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