ABSTRACT
This chapter distinguishes between three main areas of London and shows how these different areas call forth different sets of associations for Alexander Pope. It also shows how they are used by him to establish different patterns of actual and metaphorical significance. The ancient City of London was built on the northern shore of the river Thames. Apart from the quays and wharfs on the river front there were eight main entrances and exits to the City through Ludgate, Newgate, Aldersgate, Cripplegate, Moorgate, Bishopsgate, Aldgate and over London Bridge. The City of Westminster takes its name from its abbey, or minster, situated to the west of the City of London. For centuries it was entirely separate from the City of London. Grub Street lay in the heart of one of the most depressed areas of eighteenth-century London suburbia. The chapter concludes that responses to different aspects of urban topography with his response to rural retirement.
