Kate Chisholm

A mighty contest from trivial things — the quarrel between Alexander Pope and Edmund Curll

An obscure battle over copyright between the poet and the Grub Street bookseller becomes a prism through which Pat Rogers views the upheavals of the period

Portrait of Alexander Pope by William Hoare. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 05 June 2021
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  • The Poet and the Publisher: The Case of Alexander Pope Esq., of Twickenham versus Edmund Curll, Bookseller in Grub Street

    Pat Rogers

    Reaktion Books, pp. 470, £25

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