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CR Episode 286: The Rape of the Lock, Part II
Sep 1, 2025
01:16:51
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The panel discusses the concluding three cantos, with attention to Pope's heroi-comic satire of epic in both content and form, and his use of references to his own involvement in the real-life events enacted by the poem's fictional protagonists.
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