| Evidence: | Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 5 February 1821: 'Read some of Bowles's dispute about Pope, with all the replies and rejoinders. Perceive that my name has been lugged into the controversy ...' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 5 Feb 1821 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Italy | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Ravenna | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Gordon Lord Byron |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 22 Jan 1788 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Agnostic |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | Italy |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Lisle Bowles |
| Title: | various |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodicalUnknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2603 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron | |
| Editor: | Leslie A. Marchand | |
| Title: | Byron's Letters and Journals | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | 8 | |
| Page: | 43 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1978), 8, p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2603, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| In 1806, Bowles had edited and published Alexander Pope's works in ten volumes; in it, he criticized Pope's morals as well as his poetry, and thus revived a scholarly dispute about Pope's proper place in the poetic hierarchy. Over the next several years Bowles was attacked, most notably by Byron, for disparaging Pope, and in response to these attacks, Bowles issued Invariable Principles of Poetry (1819) in which he outlined his critical perspective. An attack on Bowles's principles followed in the Quarterly Review, which led to a series of articles, letters, and pamphlets by Pope's defenders and detractors, particularly Byron and Bowles, which lasted until 1825 when Bowles published A Final Appeal to the Literary Public, Relative to Pope. (see http://www.enotes.com/nineteenth-century-criticism/bowles-william-lisle) |
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