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Page 38
... dunces , and a dunce with wits . ( 89-90 ) The " mongrel " is made to seem doubly disgraceful when split by the chiasmus . Quickly and neatly he is twice a dunce because of the shifting perspective of the two terms as each changes its ...
... dunces , and a dunce with wits . ( 89-90 ) The " mongrel " is made to seem doubly disgraceful when split by the chiasmus . Quickly and neatly he is twice a dunce because of the shifting perspective of the two terms as each changes its ...
Page 128
... dunces through the London streets on their way to invade the polite region of West Minster , and their triumphant progress back to their starting point in the city.1 The poem pictures the activities of the dunces at the point of gaining ...
... dunces through the London streets on their way to invade the polite region of West Minster , and their triumphant progress back to their starting point in the city.1 The poem pictures the activities of the dunces at the point of gaining ...
Page 129
... dunces assume the stage at various points and act or speak . Since the target of Pope's satire is the contemporary world , the dunces as well as the narrator talk about this world and its history in a concrete fashion . The Dunciad ...
... dunces assume the stage at various points and act or speak . Since the target of Pope's satire is the contemporary world , the dunces as well as the narrator talk about this world and its history in a concrete fashion . The Dunciad ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Pastorals 1709 | 17 |
An Essay on Criticism 1711 | 45 |
Copyright | |
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