OCR the Rape of the Lock

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Oxford University Press, 2008 - Juvenile Fiction - 63 pages
In "The Rape of the Lock", Pope uses the elevated style of epic poetry to create a delightful mock epic about the theft of a lock of hair that is steeped in eighteenth-century humour. This OCR-endorsed edition also contains textual notes and an OCR GCE-specific introduction.

About the author (2008)

Satirical poet Alexander Pope was born in London on May 21, 1688. He was educated by private tutors. Many consider Pope to be the greatest poet of his time, and he also wrote commentaries and translations, he is best known for such poems as The Rape of the Lock and The Duncaid. Pope was the first English poet to make a substantial amount of money from his writing. Pope died on May 30, 1744.

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