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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... notes were contributed by ' strangers ' as well as ' the Author's friends ' , it seems likely that most of the extra material came from his own circle ; but exactly what and how much remains to a large extent unclear ( see editor's note on ...
... notes were contributed by ' strangers ' as well as ' the Author's friends ' , it seems likely that most of the extra material came from his own circle ; but exactly what and how much remains to a large extent unclear ( see editor's note on ...
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... note lost during printing , see editor's note on line 324 and Corr .: IV , 425 ; and cp . OAC : I , 71 ) . if to be found : Insinuating that the works of the previous Poet Laureate may already have vanished without trace . our Treatise ...
... note lost during printing , see editor's note on line 324 and Corr .: IV , 425 ; and cp . OAC : I , 71 ) . if to be found : Insinuating that the works of the previous Poet Laureate may already have vanished without trace . our Treatise ...
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... editors of Shakespeare , see editor's note on the original note on the title , which immediately precedes the original commentary on the first line of Book I. By calling him ' Montalto ' , Pope implies a loftiness of demeanour which ...
... editors of Shakespeare , see editor's note on the original note on the title , which immediately precedes the original commentary on the first line of Book I. By calling him ' Montalto ' , Pope implies a loftiness of demeanour which ...
Contents
The London area in the 1740s | 20 |
By Authority | 27 |
Testimonies of Authors | 43 |
Copyright | |
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