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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	American Notes & Queries Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 72 - 73
Main Author:	Willson Jr., Robert F.
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan76
Subjects:	Puns & punning in literature Rape of the Lock, The (Poem : Pope) Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
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Summary:	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.