Alexander Pope

• Date de parution : 22/02/2023
• Editeur : Culturea
• EAN : 9791041945382
• Série : (-)
• Support : Papier

• Nombre de pages : 126
• Collection : (-)
• Genre : Littérature française
• Thème : Romans Nouvelles Correspondance
• Prix littéraire(s) : (-)

The father of Alexander Pope was a London merchant, a devout Catholic, and not improbably a convert to Catholicism. His mother was one of seventeen children of William Turner, of York; one of her sisters was the wife of Cooper, the wellknown portraitpainter. Mrs. Cooper was the poet's godmother;... Voir plus

The father of Alexander Pope was a London merchant, a devout Catholic, and not improbably a convert to Catholicism. His mother was one of seventeen children of William Turner, of York; one of her sisters was the wife of Cooper, the wellknown portraitpainter. Mrs. Cooper was the poet's godmother; she died when he was five years old, leaving to her sister, Mrs. Pope, a grindingstone and muller, and their mother's picture in limning; and to her nephew, the little Alexander, all her books, pictures, and medals set in gold or otherwise....