SOURCE: "Pope," in Revaluation: Tradition and Development in English Poetry, George W. Stewart Publishers, Inc., 1947, pp. 68-100.
Leavis was an influential contemporary English critic. In the following excerpt, he suggest paths toward a more judicious, comprehensive assessment of Pope's accomplishment than was generally accorded it during the nineteenth century.
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