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Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is one of the greatest poets in European
literature, comparable to the likes of likes of Shakespeare,
Chaucer, Keats and Wordsworth. He is not easy to read though: his
poetry uses dense literary and contemporary contextual allusions.
This is why a book that gets the readers to the meaning of his
poetry as painlessly as possible is so important. This volume
features the complete text of Pope's most significant poem, The
Dunciad. The first-rate annotations that accompany this edition of
the poem provide information on matters of interpretation and give
details of allusions that might prove baffling to the contemporary
reader.
The Dunciad in Four Books of 1743 was the culmination of the series
of Dunciads which Alexander Pope produced over the last decade and
a half of his life. It comprises not only a poem, but also a mass
of authorial annotation and appendices, and this authoritative
edition is the only one available which gives all the verse and the
prose in a clearly laid-out form, with a full modern commentary.
Accessibly presented on the same page as Pope's text are
explanatory notes, written in a style adapted to the needs of
undergraduate readers, but still comprehensive enough to address
the interests of scholars. The many books and pamphlets to which
Pope refers have been examined in detail, and the commentary takes
advantage of the fifty years' scholarship on literary,
bibliographical, cultural and political aspects of the period which
has accumulated since James Sutherland's The Dunciad, volume five
of the Twickenham Edition. A substantial introduction offers a
stimulating and helpful approach to the work, and the bibliography
includes extensive suggestions for further reading.
Alexander Pope (1688 1744) is one of the greatest poets in European
literature, comparable to the likes of likes of Shakespeare,
Chaucer, Keats and Wordsworth. He is not easy to read though: his
poetry uses dense literary and contemporary contextual allusions.
This is why a book that gets the readers to the meaning of his
poetry as painlessly as possible is so important. This is the third
volume (the first to be published) in the four volume The Poems of
Pope. It features the complete text of Pope's most significant
poem, The Dunciad. The first-rate annotations that accompany this
edition of the poem provide information on matters of
interpretation and give details of allusions that might prove
baffling to the contemporary reader.
"The Dunciad in Four Books" of 1743 was the culmination of the
series of "Dunciads" which Alexander Pope produced over the last
decade and a half of his life. It comprises not only a poem, but
also a mass of authorial annotation and appendices, and this
authoritative edition is the only one available which gives all the
verse and the prose in a clearly laid-out form, with a full modern
commentary. Accessibly presented on the same page as Pope s text
are explanatory notes, written in a style adapted to the needs of
undergraduate readers, but still comprehensive enough to address
the interests of scholars. The many books and pamphlets to which
Pope refers have been examined in detail, and the commentary takes
advantage of the fifty years scholarship on literary,
bibliographical, cultural and political aspects of the period which
has accumulated since James Sutherland s "The Dunciad," volume five
of the Twickenham Edition. A substantial introduction offers a
stimulating and helpful approach to the work, and the bibliography
includes extensive suggestions for further reading.
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How was Alexander Pope's personal experience of women transformed into poetry? How characteristic of his age was Pope's attitude toward women? What was the influence of individual women such as his mother, Patty Blount and Lady Mary Montagu on his life and work? Valerie Rumbold's is the first full-length study to address these issues. Referring to previously unexploited manuscripts, she focuses both on Pope's own life and art, and on early eighteenth-century assumptions about women and gender. She offers readings of some of the well-known poems in which women feature prominently, and follows Pope's response throughout his writings in general. The poet's own alienation from the dominant culture (through religion, politics and physical handicap), and his troubled fascination with certain kinds of women, make this subject complex and compelling, with wide implications. Dr. Rumbold provides new insight, and shows how women with whom Pope dealt can themselves be seen as individuals with presence and dignity.
Swift's parodies are among his most fascinating works, but perhaps
require most explication for the modern reader. Valerie Rumbold
brings a new depth and detail to the editing of Swift's Bickerstaff
papers, 'Polite Conversation', 'Directions to Servants' and other
works on language and conduct. Highlights include a fresh
investigation of the political and print contexts of the
Bickerstaff papers, full commentaries on such smaller works as 'A
Modest Defence of Punning' and 'On Barbarous Denominations in
Ireland', identification and explanation of many additional sayings
in 'Polite Conversation', and a detailed contextualisation of
'Directions to Servants' in contemporary domestic theory and
practice. A substantial thematic Introduction is supplemented by an
individual headnote and full annotation to each work. The Textual
Introduction explores the publishing strategies adopted by Swift
and his booksellers, and a separate Textual Account of each work
presents and discusses changes in the texts over time.
Presenting a fresh perspective on one of the most celebrated print
canons in literary history, Valerie Rumbold explores the expressive
force of print context, format, typography, ornament and paratext
encountered by early readers of Jonathan Swift. By focusing on the
books, pamphlets and single sheets in which the Dublin and London
book trades published his work, this revealing whole-career
analysis, based on a chronology of publication that often lagged
years behind dates of composition, examines first editions and
significant reprints throughout Swift's lifetime, and posthumous
first editions and collections in the twenty years after his death.
Drawing on this material evidence, Rumbold reframes Swift's
publishing career as a late expression of an early modern formation
in which publishing was primarily an adjunct to public service. In
an age of digital reading, this timely study invites a new
engagement with the printed texts of Swift.
Swift's parodies are among his most fascinating works, but perhaps
require most explication for the modern reader. Valerie Rumbold
brings a new depth and detail to the editing of Swift's Bickerstaff
papers, 'Polite Conversation', 'Directions to Servants' and other
works on language and conduct. Highlights include a fresh
investigation of the political and print contexts of the
Bickerstaff papers, full commentaries on such smaller works as 'A
Modest Defence of Punning' and 'On Barbarous Denominations in
Ireland', identification and explanation of many additional sayings
in 'Polite Conversation', and a detailed contextualisation of
'Directions to Servants' in contemporary domestic theory and
practice. A substantial thematic Introduction is supplemented by an
individual headnote and full annotation to each work. The Textual
Introduction explores the publishing strategies adopted by Swift
and his booksellers, and a separate Textual Account of each work
presents and discusses changes in the texts over time.
The collection of pre-1825 printed music in the Fitzwilliam Museum
is one of the most important in the British Isles after the British
Library and the Bodleian Library, particularly for its holdings of
late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century music, areas in which the
collection is noticeably strong. Many of the books are from the
library of the Museum's founder, Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount
Fitzwilliam of Merrion and of Thorncastle (1745-1816), one of the
finest collections of the later eighteenth century that not only
continued to grow in the early nineteenth but also survived intact.
This in itself makes Fitzwilliam's collection of music a
fascinating monument in the history of musical taste. Italian music
looms large, but his interests were also broad enough to include
French music by then unfashionable composers such as Lalande, Lully
and Rameau, as well as the works of English seventeenth-century
composers. The collection, considerably enriched by subsequent
donations, is here fully catalogued for the first time.
How was Alexander Pope's personal experience of women transformed
into poetry, and how in turn did he and his writing figure in the
lives of the women he wrote about? How characteristic of his age
was Pope's attitude towards women? What exactly was the role in his
life of individual women such as his mother, Patty Blount and Lady
Mary Wortley Montagu? Valerie Rumbold's is the first full-length
study of these important issues. Making use of previously
little-known manuscripts, she focuses both on Pope's own life and
art, and on early eighteenth-century assumptions about women and
gender. She offers readings of some of the well-known poems in
which women feature prominently, and follows Pope's response
throughout his writings in general. His own alienation from the
dominant culture (through religion, politics and physical handicap)
and his troubled fascination with certain kinds of women make this
subject complex and compelling, with wide implications. Dr Rumbold
brings to light new information, and shows how the women with whom
Pope dealt can themselves be seen as individuals with presence and
dignity.
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