The Rape of the LockThis seminal edition includes comprehensive annotation, the 1712 version of the poem as well as the 1714 version, and substantial critical material in appendices. No student of Pope can afford to be without this classic edition. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
NOTE ON THE TEXT | 19 |
THE RAPE OF THE LOCK AN HEROICOMICAL POEM IN FIVE CANTOS | 21 |
APPENDIX A The I7I2 Version of the poem | 81 |
I CANTO | 83 |
APPENDIX B SYLPHS | 97 |
APPENDIX C THE HEROIC COUPLET | 103 |
APPENDIX D THE LIFE OF POPE | 109 |
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