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Book SynopsisIn celebration of its tercentenary, this collection brings together ten eminent scholars with new perspectives on the poem.
Trade Review'The editor's preface provides a valuable account of the poem's somewhat complicated publication history, which is also treated thoughtfully and with illuminating effect by contributors.' -- Jenny Davidson Studies in English Literature vol 56:03:2016 'Donald W. Nichol's edition of collected essays on Alexander Pope's brilliant satire, The Rape of the Lock, is a timely and intelligent celebration of a literary masterpiece... This collection brings new and original interpretations to a classic work of eighteenth-century literature.' -- Ileana Baird SHARP News August 21, 2016
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Rape of the Lock After 300 Years (J. Paul Hunter) 1. Courtliness, Courtship, and Court Cards: Fractals as a Compositional Device in The Rape of the Lock (Pat Rogers) 2. Gallantry and The Rape of the Lock Reconsidered (Louise Curran) 3. Making the Perfect Woman: Female Automata from Pandora to Belinda (Glynis Ridley) 4. "Charms strike the Sight, but Merit wins the Soul": Female Spirituality and The Rape of the Lock (Katherine M. Quinsey) 5. Catholic Society and Commercial Idolatry in The Rape of the Lock (Nicholas Hudson) 6. "Hairs less in sight": Pope, Biology, and Culture (Raymond Stephanson) 7. Death and the Object: The Abuse of Things in The Rape of the Lock (Barbara M. Benedict) 8. It Narratives, Thing Theory, and "trivial Things": Sophie Gee's The Scandal of the Season and The Rape of the Lock (Kate Scarth) 9. Of Words and Things: Image, Page, Text, and The Rape of the Lock (Allison Muri) 10. From "Trivial Things" to "trivial things": Pope, Lintot, and The Rape of the Lock (Donald W. Nichol)
