Joseph Warton was an important contributor to the dynamic literary activity in the Age of Johnson (1740-1800). His aggressive endorsement of the imagination and his refusal to accept the authority of "correct" verse and to deem Alexander Pope as the...

It is common for the brothers Joseph and Thomas Warton to be regarded as a single phenomenon, and to speak of "the Wartons" has a certain justice. They sustained an affectionately close relationship throughout their lives, shared many of the same...

In the following excerpt, Pittock considers Joseph Warton's poetic style, his critical theories, and his seminal work on Pope, its influence on his contemporaries, and its influence on subsequent generations of writers and literary critics.

In the following excerpt, MacClintock provides an extensive examination of Joseph Warton's Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, discussing its composition, the process of its publication, and its reception by and significance to contemporary literary studies and popular literary tastes.

In the following lecture, originally presented in 1915, Gosse examines what Thomas and Joseph Warton found stimulating in poetry available during their childhood and what they disapproved of in the popular contemporary verse of their adulthoods. The critic offers close readings of several of their works, including Joseph Warton's The Enthusiast and his Essay on Pope.