Author
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) is represented here by 7 public-domain titles, including An Essay on Criticism, An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires, and The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here.
An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires is an effort to rationalize or rather "vindicate the ways of God to man" (l. 16), a variation of John Milton's claim in the opening lines of Paradise Lost, that he will "justifie the wayes of God to men".
An Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688–1744), published. An Essay on Criticism is the source of the famous quotations "To err is human; to forgive, divine", "A little learning is a dang'rous thing" (frequently paraphrased as "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"), and "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread".