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Anniversary essays on Alexander Pope's The rape of the lock /

"Alexander Pope's heroi-comical, mock-epic poem, The Rape of the Lock, continues to sparkle after three hundred years as a peerless gem in the canon of English literature. In celebration of its tercentenary, this collection brings together ten eminent scholars with new perspectives on the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nichol, Donald W., 1952- (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: The Rape of the Lock after three hundred years / J. Paul Hunter
  • Courtliness, courtship, and court cards: fractals as a compositional device in The Rape of the Lock / Pat Rogers
  • Gallantry and The Rape of the Lock reconsidered / Louise Curran
  • Making the perfect woman: female automata from Pandora to Belinda / Glynis Ridley
  • "Charms strike the Sight, but Merit wins the Soul": female spirituality and The Rape of the Lock / Katherine M. Quinsey
  • Catholic society and commercial idolatry in The Rape of the Lock / Nicholas Hudson
  • "Hairs less in sight": Pope, biology, and culture / Raymond Stephanson
  • Death and object: the abuse of things in The Rape of the Lock / Barbara M. Benedict
  • It-narratives, thing theory, and "trivial Things": Sophie Gee's The Scandal of the Season and The Rape of the Lock / Kate Scarth
  • Of words and things: image, page, text, and The Rape of the Lock / Allison Muri
  • From "Trivial Things" to "trivial things": Pope, Lintot, and The Rape of the Lock / Donald W. Nichol.