Pope publishes the first part of An Essay on Man
Poet involved
What happened
Alexander Pope published the first epistle of An Essay on Man in 1733. The philosophical poem tried to vindicate providential order in a world of apparent disorder. Its polished couplets compressed metaphysics, ethics and social vision.
Literary impact
The poem became a central statement of eighteenth-century optimism and cosmic hierarchy. Later poets admired its craft while questioning its confidence that whatever is, is right.
Source: Wikipedia
