The Dunciad in Four Books of 1743 was the culmination of the series of Dunciads 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...
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The Dunciad in Four Books of 1743 was the culmination of the series of Dunciads 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 sc
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Frontispiece; Introduction; Map: The London area in the 1740s; THE DUNCIAD IN FOUR BOOKS (1743); Advertisement to the Reader; By Authority; Epigraphs; A Letter to the Publisher; Testimonies of Authors; Martinus Scriblerus of the Poem; Ricardus Aristarchus of the Hero of the Poem; Book I; Book II; Book III; Book IV; Appendix; I: Prefixed to the first Editions; II: A List of Books, Papers, and Verses; III: Advertisement to 1729; IV: Advertisement to the Fourth Book; V: The Guardian on Pastorals
VI: Of the Poet LaureateVII: Advertisement, 1730; VIII: A Parallel; By the Author A Declaration; Index of Persons; Index of Matters; Bibliography; Selective index to editorial matter
