An Essay on Man
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
An Essay on Man
By (Author) Alexander Pope
Edited by Tom Jones
Introduction by Tom Jones
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd July 2018
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Literary studies: general
821.5
Physical Properties
Paperback
248
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Description
A definitive new edition of one of the greatest philosophical poems in the English language Voltaire called it "the most sublime didactic poem ever written in any language." Rousseau rhapsodized about its intellectual consolations. Kant recited long passages of it from memory during his lectures. And Adam Smith and David Hume drew inspiration fr
Reviews
"An Essay on Man . . . was one of the most widely disseminated and well-known publications of the 18th century, notably impacting Enlightenment writers Voltaire, David Hume, Adam Smith, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Jones provides a reliable modern version." * Library Journal *
"The book is exemplary in its scholarship. [Jones] has unearthed a multiplicity of references and illuminates the antecedents of Pope's ideas with authority. This is an edition which should be recommended to every student and teacher of the poem. There is no sensible criticism that could be levelled at his work in this volume." * Penniless Press *
"Jones's edition makes the energetically paradoxical Essay on Man accessible. The introduction is extensive and excellent."---Robert Phiddian, Australian Book Review
Author Bio
Tom Jones teaches English at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of Pope and Berkeley: The Language of Poetry and Philosophy.
