An Essay on Criticism cover art

An Essay on Criticism

Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Unlimited access to our all-you-can-listen catalogue of 15K+ audiobooks and podcasts
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

An Essay on Criticism

By: Alexander Pope
Narrated by: Denis Daly
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £5.99

Buy Now for £5.99

About this listen

An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope and narrated by Denis Daly

First published in 1711, An Essay on Criticism was one of Pope's earliest major poems. As the title suggests, it is an exploration of what Pope considered to be the essential aspects of good critical writing.

As he says:

A perfect judge will read each work of wit

With the same spirit that its author writ

Survey the whole nor seek slight faults to find

Where nature moves and rapture warms the mind. It contains one of the most famous - and frequently misquoted - lines in English poetry:

A little learning is a dangerous thing (Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring)

Public Domain (P)2019 Voices of Today
Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature Drama
No reviews yet