Author : Sister M. Francesca Cabrini Weber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : English poetry
ISBN : UCAL:C2947534
The Neo-classic Mock Epic and Its Relation to Epic and Satire by Sister M. Francesca Cabrini Weber Pdf
"The present study is interested in discovering why the mock epic should rise to such widespread popularity; what constituted its special appeal; why, in fact, the peak of its development should be almost coterminous with the general limits of this age. Even if we attribute much of this prominence to the genius of a poet such as [Alexander] Pope, we must still account for the interest which it elicited from him." Examined works include Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" and "The Dunciad" and Samuel Garth's "The Dispensary."--The Introduction, l.1