The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems (Signet Classic Poetry Series)

by Alexander Pope

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Presents a collection of poems by seventeenth-century English poet Alexander Pope, including the title work, a satire of a heroic epic.

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Satirical poet Alexander Pope was born in London on May 21, 1688. He was educated by private tutors. Many consider Pope to be the greatest poet of his time, and he also wrote commentaries and translations, he is best known for such poems as The Rape of the Lock and The Duncaid. Pope was the first English poet to make a substantial amount of money show more from his writing. Pope died on May 30, 1744. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Poetry, Fiction and Literature
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821.5Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesBritish Poetry1702-1745 Queen Anne period, 18th. century
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PR3622 .P7Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature17th and 18th centuries (1640-1770)
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