The Dunciad, Volume 5Methuen, 1943 - 476 pages |
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Page v
... reader , but none more than the Dunciad . The reader whom Pope had in view was one who possessed the intellectual back- ground of a well - read amateur of letters in the early eighteenth century . This ideal reader would have a lively ...
... reader , but none more than the Dunciad . The reader whom Pope had in view was one who possessed the intellectual back- ground of a well - read amateur of letters in the early eighteenth century . This ideal reader would have a lively ...
Page xvi
... reader in 1728 could have been in any doubt that the " J.D. , " " C.G. , " and " J.O. " cited as porpoises were John Dennis , Charles Gildon , and John Oldmixon . The Peri Bathous , in fact , was to serve as a sort of ground - bait for ...
... reader in 1728 could have been in any doubt that the " J.D. , " " C.G. , " and " J.O. " cited as porpoises were John Dennis , Charles Gildon , and John Oldmixon . The Peri Bathous , in fact , was to serve as a sort of ground - bait for ...
Page 250
... reader to turn to the passage in question in the earlier version of the poem . To reprint the commentary and appendices in their entirety would un- doubtedly have been more convenient for the reader , but would have necessitated two ...
... reader to turn to the passage in question in the earlier version of the poem . To reprint the commentary and appendices in their entirety would un- doubtedly have been more convenient for the reader , but would have necessitated two ...
Contents
PREFACE | xvi |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | xlix |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED | 1 |
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