Alien voices, ancient echoes: Bakhtin, dialogism, and Pope's 'Essay on Criticism.' (Mikhail Bakhtin, Alexander Pope) From: Papers on Language & Literature | Date: January 1, 1994| Author: Bellanca, Mary Ellen | COPYRIGHT 1994 Southern Illinois University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Alexander Pope's critical poem 'Essay on Criticism' becomes a more profound text than it is often given credit for if read through the lens of Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of dialogism. Critics have chastised Pope's theories of criticism for a lack of coherence and unity, choosing to see the inconsistencies rather then the conversational tone of the poem. Bakhtin's notions of alien voices and dialogism can be successfully applied to Pope's work, producing a reading that recognizes the many voice...

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