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profbeards's review against another edition
3.0
Used this mostly for Literature GRE studying purposes. It does the trick, as it presents works that likely appear on the test.
iceangel9's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
A classic work of criticism and philosophy written in poetic form. Pope is brilliant in his wit and writing style and this small book is worth the effort to read slowly and absorb. A Reader's Corner Highly Recommended Read.
toggle_fow's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Yes, we're back with another, slightly different edition. This one doesn't include his anti-pretentious landscaping poem, but instead has an iconic one called "An Essay On Criticism."
Some gems:
Some gems:
• "Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill / Appear in writing or in judging ill"
• "Some neither can for wits nor critics pass / As heavy mules are neither horse nor ass"
• "Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see / Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be / In every work regard the writer's end / Since none can compass more than they intend; / And if the means be just, the conduct true / Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due"
• "'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; / Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do / Men must be taught as if you taught them not / And things unknown proposed as things forgot"
• "Others for Language all their care express / And value books, as women men, for dress" (L O L)
Look at this. This man has been harshly reviewed by somebody and is SO SALTY he wrote an entire multi-page poem about it. I freaking love Pope. What a legend. (Also, apparently the saying "to err is human, to forgive divine" is from this poem??)
absynthisis's review against another edition
3.0
I am writing an essay on this. And neoclassical values, hooray!
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