The Dunciad: In Four BooksThis is a new edition of The Dunciad in Four Books of 1743, 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 new 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. |
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Page 106
... Mac Flecknoe , lines 72-3 ) . The second line also parodies a celebrated conceit by Thomas Carew ( 1594 / 5-1640 ) , in which the beloved is seen as containing the ultimate essence of beauty ( ' Aske me no more where love bestowes ...
... Mac Flecknoe , lines 72-3 ) . The second line also parodies a celebrated conceit by Thomas Carew ( 1594 / 5-1640 ) , in which the beloved is seen as containing the ultimate essence of beauty ( ' Aske me no more where love bestowes ...
Page 147
... Mac Flecknoe Flecknoe is ' High on a Throne of his own Labours rear'd ' ( Kinsley 1958 : line 107 ) . the mechanic part of priesthood : Implying contempt for the practical duties of a priest , such as preaching , pastoral care and ...
... Mac Flecknoe Flecknoe is ' High on a Throne of his own Labours rear'd ' ( Kinsley 1958 : line 107 ) . the mechanic part of priesthood : Implying contempt for the practical duties of a priest , such as preaching , pastoral care and ...
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In Four Books Alexander Pope Valerie Rumbold. Mac Flecknoe , 101 , 106 , 123 , 124 , 139 , 147 , 158 , 222 misspelled Greek , 392 ' Prologue to The Pilgrim ' , 187 ' Prologue to Troilus and Cressida ' , 203 ridiculed Flecknoe , 70 ...
In Four Books Alexander Pope Valerie Rumbold. Mac Flecknoe , 101 , 106 , 123 , 124 , 139 , 147 , 158 , 222 misspelled Greek , 392 ' Prologue to The Pilgrim ' , 187 ' Prologue to Troilus and Cressida ' , 203 ridiculed Flecknoe , 70 ...
Contents
The London area in the 1740s | 20 |
By Authority | 27 |
Testimonies of Authors | 43 |
Copyright | |
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