{"product_id":"the-dunciad-revised-first-edition-9781408204160","title":"The Dunciad revised first edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dunciad in Four Books\u003c\/i\u003e of 1743 was the culmination of the series of \u003ci\u003eDunciads\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Dunciad\u003c\/i\u003e, volume five of the Twickenham Edition. A substantial introduction offers a stimulating\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019799101783,"sku":"9781408204160","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408204160.jpg?v=1750781295","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-dunciad-revised-first-edition-9781408204160","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}