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Rape of the lock
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by Alexander Pope ; edited by Elizabeth Gurr.

The poem satirises a petty squabble by comparing it to the epic world of the gods. It was based on an incident recounted by Pope's friend, John Caryll. Arabella Fermor and her suitor, Lord Petre, were both from aristocratic Catholic families at a period in England when Catholicism was legally proscribed. Petre, lusting after Arabella, had cut off a lock of her hair without permission, and the c…

Edition
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ISBN/ISSN
9780199116560
Collation
vi, 137 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Series Title
Oxford student texts
Call Number
821.5 POP r