商品簡介
This is a biography of the relatively obscure politician Thomas Coningsby (1657-1729), who first rose to power in Ireland as a supporter of William of Orange, although this work pays closer attention to his career in England. In addition to detailing the political events of Coningsby's life--with many contextual subplots involving such events as the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9; the union with Scotland in 1707; the political battles surrounding the Peace of Utrecht in 1713, the Jacobite plot of 1722, and the prosecution and banishment of the Bishop of Rochester, to name a few--the author ties in a secondary focus on Alexander Pope's poem An Epistle to Bathurst, "the strongest riposte on behalf of Coningsby's victims" and among "the most brilliant poems Pope ever wrote." The discussion of the poem investigates the multiple connections between its text and the political life of Coningsby, the only real-life character mentioned by name in the poem. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Pat Rogers is Distinguished University Professor and DeBartolo Chair in the Humanities, University of South Florida, USA.