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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. games celebrate choice of new chief dunce On the whole, I did enjoy reading this poem, although I found it very difficult to read. I've heard before that it's very hard to comprehend the first time around, and I would have to agree. Although I did find it humorous, I'm not sure that I pciked up on all of the jokes and satire, even with the footnotes. I think a better knowledge and understanding of British cultural history would have helped me. I think I only really managed to read the surface of the poem, but anythign which I didn't pick up on was not because of Pope but because of my understanding of it. no reviews | add a review
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Fans of literary lampoonery will delight in the no-holds-barred, scorched-earth satire that British poet Alexander Pope unleashes in his witty masterpiece, The Dunciad. Disgusted by the teeming waves of self-proclaimed "writers" who emerged in search of a quick buck when the growing availability of cheaply printed books made sentimental stories popular with the public, Pope took it upon himself to put these hacks in their place in an epic poem lambasting their dullness and lack of refinement. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)821.5Literature English English poetry 1702-1745 Queen Anne period, 18th. centuryLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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