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- Title
Recusant Tears and the Beata Peccatrix in Alexander Pope's 'Eloisa to Abelard'.
- Authors
Kruger, Kathryn Brigger
- Abstract
The article explores the connections between English poet Alexander Pope's Recusant Catholic experience and the role of devotional weeping and lamentation in Pope's 'Eloisa to Abelard' verse. Topics discussed include resemblance between Pope's female protagonist, Eloisa and Mary Magdalene, how Pope identifies with his characters, and information on Maynard Mack's book "Alexander Pope: A Life."
- Subjects
ELOISA to Abelard (Poem : Pope); POPE, Alexander, 1688-1744; ENGLISH Catholics; MACK, Maynard, 1909-2001; ALEXANDER Pope: A Life (Book)
- Publication
Literature & Theology, 2019, Vol 33, Issue 2, p186
- ISSN
0269-1205
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/litthe/frz001