The Rape of the Lock

by Alexander Pope

Overview

Tillotson's seminal edition includes comprehensive annotation, the 1712 version of the poem as well as the 1714 version, and a substantial amount of critical material in appendices. No student of Pope can afford to be without this classic edition

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9786050459852
Publisher:	Alexander Pope
Publication date:	06/18/2016
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Alexander Pope is regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet of the early eighteenth century. He is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry, including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, as well as for his translation of Homer.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION, NOTE ON TEXT, KEY TO NOTES, THE RAPE OF THE LOCK: An Heroi-Comical poem in five Canto’s APPENDICES A THE RAPE OF THE LOCKE (I7I2 VERSION) B SYLPHS C THE HEROIC COUPLET D THE LIFE OF POPE

Editorial Reviews

Reprints the text of Pope's classic poem, both the five-canto 1714 version and the facsimile of the original 1712 version, together with a broad selection of documents putting the poem in the social and historical context of Pope's 18th century. Selections include correspondence, poems, broadsides, reviews, and parodies. Documents focus on Pope's life and career as well as on 18th-century poetic traditions and innovations, social habits, historical events, and political implications. Includes a general introduction on historical and cultural background, a chronology of Pope's life, an introduction to each thematic group of documents, headnotes, and b&w illustrations. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

"Brilliant . . . triumphant. Never has so great a poem emerged from so trivial a cause."  —Peter Ackroyd

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