The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem in Five Cantos
by Pope, Alexander
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Alexander Pope was born on May 21, 1688. He was brought up a Roman Catholic at a time where the laws of England were prejudicial towards Catholics. He suffered tuberculosis as a child and as a consequence never grew taller than 4'6'. He first published The Rape of the Lock when he was twenty-three years old in 1712. Its success made him a celebrity in polite society. He later added to it in 1714 and 1717. It was written to reconcile two families who had fallen out over a similar incident where a Lord Petre had cut off a lock of hair from Arabella Fermor's head. Pope went on to translate the works of Homer and produce The Dunciad and An Essay on Man . He died on May 30, 1744.
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- The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem in Five Cantos
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- Pope, Alexander
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- ISBN 10
- 0099511525
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- 9780099511526
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- Random House (UK)
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- 2008
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