THE RAPE'S MUSE: POPE'S IRONIC INVOCATION.
Discusses the use of puns in the poem 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope. Significance of the use of puns to the poem's battle of the sexes theme; Implications of the failure of some editors and critics to acknowledge Pope's wordplay for the poem's ironic structure; Analysis of the line in wh...
| Publicado en: | American Notes & Queries Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 72 - 73 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan76
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| Sumario: | Discusses the use of puns in the poem 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope. Significance of the use of puns to the poem's battle of the sexes theme; Implications of the failure of some editors and critics to acknowledge Pope's wordplay for the poem's ironic structure; Analysis of the line in which Pope's mock-invocation to his friend, John Caryll, occurs. |
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