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Alexander Pope: The Genius of Sense
Examines Pope's career as a poet, looks at his major works in relationship to their historical background, and discusses Pope's style, revision technique, and major themes
370 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1984
About the author
David B. Morris
15 books3 followers David B. Morris has written three prize-winning books: *The Religious Sublime* (Kentucky, 1972), *Alexander Pope: The Genius of Sense* (Harvard, 1985), and *The Culture of Pain* (California, 1991).
*The Culture of Pain* won a PEN prize and initiates a trilogy along with *Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age* (California, 1998) and *Eros and Illness* (Harvard, 2019).
*Earth Warrior* (Fulcrum, 1995) recounts an anti-driftnet campaign in the north Pacific with activist Paul Watson, and it initiates a series of narrative nonfiction books: *Civil War Duet* (Ingram, 2020) is a cross-generational dialogue with his great grandfather, who in 1862 joined the 101st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and *Wanderers: Literature, Culture and the Open Road* (Routledge, 2022) explores the enduring lure of a nonlinear path. *Ten Thousand Central Parks: A Climate-Change Parable* (Fordham, 2025)—his latest—describes the creation of an American masterpiece: a success story and model of hope relevant in our own darkening days, as it was created before, during, and after the Civil War.
*Exceptional Americans: The Challenge of the Founders* is out with his agent, Malaga Baldi.
In addition to numerous essays in the humanities, Morris has written and lectured widely for medical audiences, establishing an international reputation in pain medicine. In 1982 he resigned as full professor at the University of Iowa in order to spent the next twenty years writing. Then in 2002 he returned to the University of Virginia--where he first began teaching in 1969--to accept a position as University Professor, split between the English Department and the School of Medicine.
He retired from the University of Virginia in 2008, moving to Manhattan in 2019, and now lives and writes in Coral Gables, FL.
*The Culture of Pain* won a PEN prize and initiates a trilogy along with *Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age* (California, 1998) and *Eros and Illness* (Harvard, 2019).
*Earth Warrior* (Fulcrum, 1995) recounts an anti-driftnet campaign in the north Pacific with activist Paul Watson, and it initiates a series of narrative nonfiction books: *Civil War Duet* (Ingram, 2020) is a cross-generational dialogue with his great grandfather, who in 1862 joined the 101st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and *Wanderers: Literature, Culture and the Open Road* (Routledge, 2022) explores the enduring lure of a nonlinear path. *Ten Thousand Central Parks: A Climate-Change Parable* (Fordham, 2025)—his latest—describes the creation of an American masterpiece: a success story and model of hope relevant in our own darkening days, as it was created before, during, and after the Civil War.
*Exceptional Americans: The Challenge of the Founders* is out with his agent, Malaga Baldi.
In addition to numerous essays in the humanities, Morris has written and lectured widely for medical audiences, establishing an international reputation in pain medicine. In 1982 he resigned as full professor at the University of Iowa in order to spent the next twenty years writing. Then in 2002 he returned to the University of Virginia--where he first began teaching in 1969--to accept a position as University Professor, split between the English Department and the School of Medicine.
He retired from the University of Virginia in 2008, moving to Manhattan in 2019, and now lives and writes in Coral Gables, FL.
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