... of his spine, and was subject to frequent and caustic ridicule by critics, such as John Dennis, who directed their rancor at his physical deformities as much as at his poetic efforts. Pope's physical ailments and the acrimony with which political and literary pundits attacked both his person and his work should never be forgotten in evaluating, say, the optimistic faith ... believed, threatened the survival of humanistic values in the first half of the eighteenth century. It is important to remember that the political climate of Pope's day was such that poetic compositions were less fre...

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... Yeats finds an image that provides some redemptive moment for the pain of Adam's curse. The image of the 'dance and the 'dancer' doesn't capture the stillness of poetic art, but rather blends art and time together to represent the ability to create new steps to the rhythm of time, ultimately bringing the imaginative regeneration and aging body together...

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