| Description |
1 online resource (465 pages) |
| Series |
Longman Annotated Texts |
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Longman annotated texts.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Frontispiece; Introduction; Map: The London area in the 1740s; THE DUNCIAD IN FOUR BOOKS (1743); Advertisement to the Reader; By Authority; Epigraphs; A Letter to the Publisher; Testimonies of Authors; Martinus Scriblerus of the Poem; Ricardus Aristarchus of the Hero of the Poem; Book I; Book II; Book III; Book IV; Appendix; I: Prefixed to the first Editions; II: A List of Books, Papers, and Verses; III: Advertisement to 1729; IV: Advertisement to the Fourth Book; V: The Guardian on Pastorals |
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VI: Of the Poet LaureateVII: Advertisement, 1730; VIII: A Parallel; By the Author A Declaration; Index of Persons; Index of Matters; Bibliography; Selective index to editorial matter |
| Summary |
The Dunciad in Four Books of 1743 was the culmination of the series of Dunciads which Alexander Pope produced over the last decade and a half of his life. It comprises not only a poem, but also a mass of authorial annotation and appendices, and this authoritative edition is the only one available which gives all the verse and the prose in a clearly laid-out form, with a full modern commentary. Accessibly presented on the same page as Pope's text are explanatory notes, written in a style adapted to the needs of undergraduate readers, but still comprehensive enough to address th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Verse satire, English.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Verse satire, English
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rumbold, Valerie.
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| ISBN |
9781317863243 |
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1317863240 |
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9781315833897 |
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1315833891 |
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9781317863229 |
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1317863224 |
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9781317863236 |
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1317863232 |
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9781138137721 |
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1138137723 |
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1408204169 |
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9781408204160 |
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