Alexander Pope (1688Pope ( -1744) ) and William Wordsworth (1770Wordsworth ( -1850) ) are two giants in the history of English literature.They are the leading figures of Neo-classicism and Romanticism respectively.In writing literary history, the paper claims, the contrast between Neo-classicism and Romanticism is gendered.It is one in which Neo-classicism is male, Romanticism is female.Associatin...