UNDERSTANDING POPE:

The Rape of the Lock

Robert A. Albano

MERCURYE PRESS

Los Angeles

UNDERSTANDING POPE:

The Rape of the Lock

Robert A. Albano

First Printing: December 2016

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

7 Background on Alexander Pope

9 Social Criticism

10 Some Comments on “The Educator”

12       Purpose and Method in

The Rape of the Lock

15 Epic Features

18       Rosicrucian Imagery

20       The Structure of The Rape of the Lock

23       Comments on Canto 1

29       Comments on Canto 2

38       Comments on Canto 3

44       Comments on Canto 4

49       Comments on Canto 5

54       The China Jar Imagery

      

      

      

Understanding Pope