Pope and Berkeley; the language of poetry and philosophy.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Pope and Berkeley; the language of poetry and philosophy.

Jones, Tom.

Palgrave Macmillan

2005

203 pages

$65.00

Hardcover

PR3637

Consideration about the nature and function of language are important in understanding the arguments and techniques of Alexander Pope's (1688-1744) ...

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