{"product_id":"the-rape-of-the-lock-and-other-major-writings-9780140423501","title":"The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings\u003c\/b\u003e is a collection of Alexander Pope's greatest works, edited with an introduction by Leo Damrosch in Penguin Classics. Alexander Pope was the greatest English poet of his age, whose acerbic insights into human nature have entered the language, and whose verse still astonishes with its energy and inventiveness centuries after his death. This new selection of Pope's work follows the path of his poetic genius over his lifetime. It contains early poems including the masterly mock-epic '\u003cb\u003eThe Rape of the Lock\u003c\/b\u003e', which satirizes a notorious society scandal through glorious heroic couplets, the brilliantly aphoristic '\u003cb\u003eAn Essay on Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e' and excerpts from his translation of the Iliad. Later poems represented include Pope's ironic adaptations of Horace's \u003cb\u003eEpistles, Satires and Odes\u003c\/b\u003e, and the remarkable '\u003cb\u003eDunciad\u003c\/b\u003e', a stinging attack on his literary rivals and the mediocrity of Grub Street hacks. Here too are selected prose works and letters from Pope to his contemporaries such as John Gay and Jonathan Swift. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition contains a wide-ranging introduction that elucidates Pope's life, poetic art and contemporary contexts, as well as separate introductions to each piece, a chronology, further reading, a biography and extensive notes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140423501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.71h x 5.14w x 0.96d","brand":"Alexander Pope","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239135637685,"sku":"9780140423501","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_455989c0-102e-4ab6-b08b-2f23db8cf86c.jpg?v=1770916900","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-rape-of-the-lock-and-other-major-writings-9780140423501","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}