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The Rape of the LockISBN: 97893913095926 9789391395926 Author: Alexander Pope Number of Pages: 120 Size: A5 Genre: Mock Heroic Poetry Satire English Classics Edition: Aedha Classics Edition Key Features: A brilliant mock epic poem by Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock elevates a trivial social incident into grand satire with wit, elegance, and stylistic mastery. Pope's use of heroic couplets and classical allusions satirizes the 18th century English aristocracy and

ISBN: 97893913095926 / 9789391395926

Author: Alexander Pope

Number of Pages: 120

Size: A5

Genre: Mock-Heroic Poetry / Satire / English Classics

Edition: Aedha Classics Edition

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A brilliant mock-epic poem by Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock elevates a trivial social incident into grand satire with wit, elegance, and stylistic mastery. Pope's use of heroic couplets and classical allusions satirizes the 18th-century English aristocracy and their obsession with appearance and decorum. This Aedha Classics edition is ideal for students, poetry lovers, and admirers of English satire. Printed in India in a beautifully designed and durable paperback format.

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The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope is one of the most celebrated works of mock-heroic poetry in English literature. First published in 1712 and revised in 1714, this witty and finely crafted poem humorously transforms a minor social scandal—the cutting of a lock of hair from a fashionable lady named Belinda—into a grand and elaborate narrative akin to epic tales of antiquity.

Written in heroic couplets, the poem parodies the classical style of Homeric epics while targeting the vanity and frivolity of 18th-century high society. Pope’s satire is sophisticated yet biting, making incisive observations about gender roles, aristocratic rituals, and the performative nature of social etiquette. Through ornate language and mythical references, he exposes the absurdity of elevating superficial incidents to matters of great importance.

Alexander Pope's refined wit and technical brilliance make this a vital study for students of English literature, particularly in understanding neoclassical poetics and Augustan satire. Despite its humor, the poem also reflects deeper concerns about societal values, public image, and literary artifice.

This Aedha Classics edition presents The Rape of the Lock in an elegant, portable A5 paperback, suitable for academic use and personal reading. With its enduring literary charm and timeless relevance, this edition is a treasured addition to any collection of English poetry.

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This first volume of John Bowlby's trilogy on Attachment and Loss expands and builds upon an article he published in 1958 in the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis titled "The Nature of the Child's Tie to His Mother", which is perhaps a more telling title than that of the book itself. Attachment, as a technical term in behavioural biology, is first used in describing instinctive mother-following behaviours of young mammals and birds (first observed and reported in delightful accounts by the Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz in the 1930's). By comparing data collected during and after the Second World War by childcare workers and researchers in U.K. and North America, Bowlby found a striking common pattern of distressed behaviours among young children between the ages of one and three when separated from mother for an extended period: first in Protest, then Despair and finally Detachment - a psychopathological state when a child becomes socially uninitiated and withdrawn, even to his returning mother. Bowlby then postulates that physical proximity to a mother-figure is essential to a child's development of cognitive capacities, especially during a sensitive period around six months to two years after birth. Attachment behaviours, like those of young mammals and birds, are present in the human baby too. This has since led to a blossoming of research activities in development psychology and psychoanalysis, as well as neurophysiology recently, which supplies much fresh evidence about the young brain and its phenomenal maturing in the first two years. Attachment theory has since contributed significantly to understanding of our own selves, informed the age-old philosophical debate on nature or nurture, and brought our attention to fundamental issues in child-rearing such as sensitive periods of development, the difference between attachment (conducive to security) and dependence (symptomatic of insecurity), the distinction between anxiety from separation and fear of the unfamiliar, etc. This new edition is a timely reprint of a classic account of attachment theory as formulated by the originator. While primarily an academic work, with a few chapters deemed more for an academic jury (about Freud and instinctive behaviours, etc.), it is mostly very readable, and certainly captivating to those with access to young babies, of whose behaviours are given an enlightening perspective. This volume focuses on attachment, with subsequent volumes on its loss in temporary and permanent terms respectively.
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