The Dunciad (revised first edition)
Longman (Verlag)
978-1-4082-0416-0 (ISBN)
The Dunciad in Four Books of 1743 was 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 authoritative 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. Accessibly presented on the same page as Popes text are explanatory notes, written in a style adapted to the needs of undergraduate readers, but still comprehensive enough to address the interests of scholars. The many books and pamphlets to which Pope refers have been examined in detail, and the commentary takes advantage of the fifty years scholarship on literary, bibliographical, cultural and political aspects of the period which has accumulated since James Sutherlands The Dunciad, volume five of the Twickenham Edition. A substantial introduction offers a stimulating and helpful approach to the work, and the bibliography includes extensive suggestions for further reading.
Valerie Rumbold is a Reader in English at the University of Birmingham. She has published a range of articles on Pope and on eighteenth-century women writers and is a member of the editorial team on the five volume The Poems of Alexander Pope in the Longman Annotated English Poets series. Her book Womens Place in Popes World (1989) was awarded the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize by the British Academy.
Valerie Rumbold is a Reader in English at the University of Birmingham. She has published a range of articles on Pope and on eighteenth-century women writers and is a member of the editorial team on the five volume The Poems of Alexander Pope in the Longman Annotated English Poets series. Her book Womens Place in Popes World (1989) was awarded the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize by the British Academy.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vi
Frontispiece viii
Introduction 1
Map: The London area in the 1740s 20
THE DUNCIAD IN FOUR BOOKS (1743)
Advertisement to the Reader 25
By Authority 27
Epigraphs 29
A Letter to the Publisher 31
Testimonies of Authors 43
Martinus Scriblerus of the Poem 69
Ricardus Aristarchus of the Hero of the Poem 75
Book I 87
Book II 143
Book III 215
Book IV 265
Appendix 361
I: Prefixed to the first Editions 363
II: A List of Books, Papers, and Verses 367
III: Advertisement to 1729 372
IV: Advertisement to the Fourth Book 374
V: The Guardian on Pastorals 376
VI: Of the Poet Laureate 384
VII: Advertisement, 1730 388
VIII: A Parallel 390
By the Author A Declaration 396
Index of Persons 398
Index of Matters 401
Bibliography 409
Selective index to editorial matter 442
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.1.2009 |
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Reihe/Serie | Longman Annotated Texts |
Verlagsort | Harlow |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 234 x 157 mm |
Gewicht | 700 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
ISBN-10 | 1-4082-0416-9 / 1408204169 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4082-0416-0 / 9781408204160 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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