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(‎Removed claim: Biographical notes (P173): Periodicals etc. continued: Miscellanies, The Last Vollume, 1728; Miscellaneous Poems, By Several Hands. D. Lewis (Epigrams; Epitaphs), 1730; Miscellanies, The Third Volume, 1732; GM (Epitaph on Mr. Gay) , 1733; The Publick Register: or, The Weekly Magazine (Prologue to a Play for Mr. Dennis's Benefit), 1741; The Grub-street Journal (no. 46), 1730")
(‎Removed claim: Biographical notes (P173): Overall: Pope prided himself on his freedom from patronage and his financial independence, secured primarily by the profit from his translation of Homer's Iliad. In 1976 David Foxon estimated that the value of Pope's Homer to the poet, translated into the financial values of that year, was about ?200,000. Throughout his career, Pope satirized the poverty of "Grub-street" writers who wrote for patronage and profit. Pope thus put forth an image...)
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Overall: Pope prided himself on his freedom from patronage and his financial independence, secured primarily by the profit from his translation of Homer's Iliad. In 1976 David Foxon estimated that the value of Pope's Homer to the poet, translated into the financial values of that year, was about ?200,000. Throughout his career, Pope satirized the poverty of "Grub-street" writers who wrote for patronage and profit. Pope thus put forth an image of himself as a gentleman-poet free from the pressures of the literary marketplace.
 
Property / Biographical notes: Overall: Pope prided himself on his freedom from patronage and his financial independence, secured primarily by the profit from his translation of Homer's Iliad. In 1976 David Foxon estimated that the value of Pope's Homer to the poet, translated into the financial values of that year, was about ?200,000. Throughout his career, Pope satirized the poverty of "Grub-street" writers who wrote for patronage and profit. Pope thus put forth an image of himself as a gentleman-poet free from the pressures of the literary marketplace. / rank
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Property / Biographical notes: Overall: Pope prided himself on his freedom from patronage and his financial independence, secured primarily by the profit from his translation of Homer's Iliad. In 1976 David Foxon estimated that the value of Pope's Homer to the poet, translated into the financial values of that year, was about ?200,000. Throughout his career, Pope satirized the poverty of "Grub-street" writers who wrote for patronage and profit. Pope thus put forth an image of himself as a gentleman-poet free from the pressures of the literary marketplace. / reference
 

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21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744, British poet
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Alexander Pope
21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744, British poet

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    Date of birth
    21 May 1688Julian
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    Date of death
    30 May 1744Julian
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    Surname
    Pope
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    Given name(s)
    Alexander
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    Place of birth
    London
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    City of London
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    Place of death
    Twickenham
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    Jacobites
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    118595741
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