Stealing Wisely: Laetitia Pilkington, Alexander Pope, and Print Culture

This essay explores Laetitia Pilkington’s use of Alexander Pope in her Memoirs, focusing on her positioning of herself in a tradition of women writers who strategically engaged with Pope in an attempt to transform the gender dynamics of print culture. Pilkington and Pope shared overlapping social an...

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Published in:Modern philology 2020-08, Vol.118 (1), p.70-86
Main Author: PERSONS, ANNIE
Format: Article
Language:English
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Literary criticism
Pilkington, Laetitia
Poetry
Poets
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Women
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