Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Rape of the Lock: A Collection of Critical Essays, Volume 10George Sebastian Rousseau |
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... Lord Petre had snipped off a lock of Miss Arabella Fermor's hair , causing ill - feeling between their families . They had already , as it were , anticipated Pope by taking an amorous prank with extravagant seriousness . Pope out- does ...
... Lord Petre had snipped off a lock of Miss Arabella Fermor's hair , causing ill - feeling between their families . They had already , as it were , anticipated Pope by taking an amorous prank with extravagant seriousness . Pope out- does ...
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... Lord Petre stole the lock : it may be that in the quarrel of the Petres and the Fermors he merely found matter and opportunity for the attempt . While modern critics often think of a mock - heroic poem primarily as a satire on the epic ...
... Lord Petre stole the lock : it may be that in the quarrel of the Petres and the Fermors he merely found matter and opportunity for the attempt . While modern critics often think of a mock - heroic poem primarily as a satire on the epic ...
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... Lord Petre performs the rape- " two - edg'd Weapon , " “ lit- tle Engine , " " glitt'ring Forfex , " " fatal Engine , " " Sheers , " and " meet- ing Points . " At no point in The Rape of the Lock are epic methods of " height- ening ...
... Lord Petre performs the rape- " two - edg'd Weapon , " “ lit- tle Engine , " " glitt'ring Forfex , " " fatal Engine , " " Sheers , " and " meet- ing Points . " At no point in The Rape of the Lock are epic methods of " height- ening ...
Contents
Introduction by G S Rousseau | 1 |
Introductory by J S Cunningham | 15 |
The Case of Miss Arabella Fermor by Cleanth Brooks | 21 |
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