1667-1745 1688-1744 1707-1754 1716-1771 1730?-1774 1788-1824 1888-1965 18thcentury 700 821 aestheticsinliterature alexander criticalstudies criticismandinterpretationbyron criticismandinterpretationeliot criticismandinterpretationfielding criticismandinterpretationgoldsmith criticismandinterpretationgray criticismandinterpretationswift deconstruction elegiacpoetry emotionsinliterature english englishliterature englishpoetry epicpoetryingreekhomeriliadtranslationsintoenglishlanguagepope georgegordonbyron greatbritain henry history historyandcriticism homer inliterature intellectuallife jonathan laughterinliterature oliver politicsandliterature pope satire skepticisminliterature sublime the thomas translationsintoenglishhomer versesatire virtueinliterature