{"product_id":"the-rape-of-the-lock-and-other-poems-paperback-1","title":"The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Pope\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Price\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresented here are many of Pope's principal works, including the delightful mock-epic, \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of the Lock, Windsor Forest, Essay on Man, Eloïsa to Abelard, Essay on Criticism, \u003c\/i\u003e and his satirical masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Dunciad\u003c\/i\u003e. Together, they represent the writings of one of the Enlightenment's greatest poets. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexander Pope enjoyed in his lifetime a fame and fortune that few poets have received. Known for his brilliant epigrams, he was an uncompromising social critic and razor-sharp satirist of fashionable society's foibles. His poetry was characterized by a graceful mastery of the English language, a biting wit, and a moral alertness that ranged from contemptuous to compassionate to dryly humorous. Considered England's greatest living poet by the age of 25, Pope would be hailed by Lord Byron as \"the greatest name in our Poetry.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes an Introduction by Christopher Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Elliott Visconsi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Pope was born in 1688 in London, England. His father, a linen merchant, moved his family to Binfield in Windsor Forest after the Glorious Revolution of 1688, where Pope received little schooling, educating himself largely through reading. At the age of twelve, Pope contracted a tubercular infection, never growing taller than four feet, six inches, and suffered from curvature of the spine and constant headaches. He came to public notice on the publication of \"Pastorals\" in Jacob Tonson's \u003cb\u003eMiscellany\u003c\/b\u003e (1709), \u003cb\u003eEssay on Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e (1711), and gained much notoriety and acclaim for \u003cb\u003eThe Rape of the Lock\u003c\/b\u003e (1712). By 1713, Pope had befriended Jonathan Swift, John Gay, Thomas Parnell, and Dr. John Arbuthnot, and together they formed the \"Scriblerus Club\" which indirectly contributed to such works as Swift's \u003cb\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/b\u003e and Pope's own \u003cb\u003eDunciad\u003c\/b\u003e (1728), as well as the \u003cb\u003eMemoirs of Martinus Scriblerus\u003c\/b\u003e (1741). Pope's translation of the \u003cb\u003eIliad\u003c\/b\u003e (1715-1720) and the \u003cb\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/b\u003e (1725-1726) earned him financial success, as well as critical praise. Working jointly with Swift, they published \u003cb\u003eMiscellanies\u003c\/b\u003e (1727-1732), an obvious parody of writers, which was ill received. Pope answered again with a personal satire, the famous \u003cb\u003eDunciad\u003c\/b\u003e. He attempted a survey of human nature, completing \u003cb\u003eEssay on Man\u003c\/b\u003e (1733), and \u003cb\u003eMortal Essays\u003c\/b\u003e both reminiscent of the satire for which Pope had become so famous. \u003cb\u003eImitations of Horace\u003c\/b\u003e (1733-1738) a parody of the contemporary social and political scene, and his \"pirated\" letters, which he had devised to be published, would be his last works. Pope died in 1744 and was buried in Twickenham Church. He left the epic verse \u003cb\u003eBrutus\u003c\/b\u003e incomplete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 7.42 x 4.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48505505513721,"sku":"9780451532107","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4JbwosE0979780451532107.webp?v=1781043636","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-rape-of-the-lock-and-other-poems-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}