The rape of the lock
Subtitle: a heroicomical poem in five cantos ; and A key to the lock
By: Alexander Pope ; [foreword by Peter Ackroyd].
Contributors: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Series: Hesperus poetry
Publisher: Hesperus
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Other titles: Rape of the lock and A key to the lock; A key to the lock.
Description: A satiric poem about Belinda and the evil Baron who wants to steal a lock of her hair, it is a commentary on the battle of the sexes and the contemporary social world of high society.
Notes: "The rape of the lock first published in two cantos in 1712; the five-canto version first published in 1714; A key to the lock first published in 1715.

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