The Rape of the Lock: And Other Poems - Couverture souple

Pope, Alexander

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1141525429 ISBN 13 : 9781141525423

Editeur : Nabu Press, 2010

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It has been the aim of the editor in preparing this little book to get together sufficient material to afford a student in one of our high schools or colleges adequate and typical specimens of the vigorous and versatile genius of Alexander Pope. With this purpose he has included in addition to The Rape of the Locky the Essay on Criiicism as furnishing the standard by which Pope himself expected his work to be judged, the First Epistle of the Essay on Man as a characteristic example of his didactic poetry, and the Epistle to A rbuthnot, both for its exhibition of Pope sgenius as a satirist and for the picture it gives of the poet himself. To these are added the famous close of the Dunciad, the Ode to Solitude, a specimen of Pope sinfrequent lyric note, and the Epitaph on Gay, The first edition of The Rape of the Lock has been given as an appendix in order that the student may have the opportunity of comparing the two forms of this poem, and of realizing the admirable art with which Pope blended old and new in the version that is now the only one known to the average reader. The text throughout is that of the Globe Edition prepared by Professor A. W. Ward. The editor can lay no claim to originality in the notes with which he has attempted to explain and illustrate these poems. He is indebted at every step to the labors of earlier editors, particularly to Elwin, Courthope, Pattison, and Hales.
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Nabu Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1141525429
• ISBN 13: 9781141525423
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190