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Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock is a witty and playful mock-epic poem that satirizes the vanity and trivial pursuits of 18th-century high society. Based on a real incident, the poem humorously recounts the story of a nobleman who cuts a lock of hair from the beautiful Belinda, transforming a minor social indiscretion into a grand epic battle. With its sparkling wit and elegant verse, Pope's poem explores themes of vanity, honor, and the absurdity of aristocratic life. Infused with supernatural elements and rich in classical allusions, The Rape of the Lock is a timeless masterpiece that combines humor and social commentary with poetic brilliance. It remains one of Pope's most enduring works, celebrated for its clever use of the heroic couplet and its insightful portrayal of human folly.

The Poems of Alexander Pope is a multi-volume edition of the poetry of Alexander Pope resulting from a thorough reappraisal of his work. Volume One contains the poetry that appeared between 1709 and 1714.

Originally published in 1913 as part of the Pitt Press Series, this book contains the text of Alexander Pope's poetic 'epistles' on the nature of man, originally written between 1733 and 1734. Thompson prefaces the poems with a synopsis of each, as well as a history of their creation.

This authoritative edition was first published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Pope's poetry and prose - the major poems in their entirety, together with translations, criticism, letters and other prose - to give the essence of his work and thinking.

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

Alexander Pope is regarded as the most important poet of the early eighteenth century. This collection, chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition of Pope's major works, includes such important poems as The Rape of the Lock, Windsor Forest and The Duncaid. Pat Rogers's introduction urges us to see Pope as an accomplished practitioner of the poetry of ideas and of satirical reflection on human society.

This title is re-issued as part of the Longman Annotated Texts series. The series was conceived with the student in mind and is intended to provide accessible and authoritative editions of key texts in English and American Literature. The annotation is designed to bring out each text's full range of reference and meaning.

Alexander Pope's letters are fascinating documents, revealing his remarkable character. This selection of his letters comprises a body of writing of interest for an understanding of his times, its personalities, scandals, religious, political and philosophical ideas and its sense of poetry.

The victim is the beautiful, innocent Belinda, her attacker is the dastardly Baron, and his weapon of choice is a pair of scissors... Pope's mock-epic is the sharp and witty tale of the most famous bad hair day in the history of literature.

This selection includes The Rape of the Lock, Eloisa to Abelard, and extracts from The Dunciad and the translation of Homer.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was the greatest English poet of his age, whose acerbic insights into human nature have entered the language, and whose verse still astonishes with its energy and inventiveness centuries after his death. This new selection of Pope's work follows the path of his poetic genius over his lifetime. It contains early poems including the masterly mock-epic 'The Rape of the Lock', which satirizes a notorious society scandal through glorious heroic couplets, the brilliantly aphoristic 'An Essay on Criticism' and excerpts from his translation of the Iliad. Later poems represented include Pope's ironic adaptations of Horace's Epistles, Satires and Odes, and the remarkable 'Dunciad', a stinging attack on his literary rivals and the mediocrity of Grub Street hacks. Here too are selected prose works and letters from Pope to his contemporaries such as John Gay and Jonathan Swift.