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The Dunciad

The Dunciad (/ˈdʌnsi.æd/) is a landmark, mock-heroic, narrative poem by Alexander Pope published in three different versions at different times from 1728 to 1743. The poem celebrates a goddess, Dulness, and the progress of her chosen agents as they bring decay, imbecility, and tastelessness to the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Origins, The three-book Dunciad A and the Dunciad Variorum & Overview

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The three-book Dunciad A and the Dunciad Variorum

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The four-book Dunciad B of 1743

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The Dunciad

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The Dunciad

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related to "Tibbald" King of Dunces · 37
The Dunciad → Additionally, Alexander Pope, British, Committed, Dulness, Dunces, Dunciad, Dunciad Variorum, Edition, Editions, Errors, He, Ideot, In, Indeed, John Dennis, John Rich, King, Lewis Theobald, Miscellanies
related to Publication · 27
The Dunciad → Additionally, All, Although, Book III, Dulness, Dunces, Dunciad, Edmund Curll, George Duckett, However, Irish, James Ralph, Keys, Letter, Lewis Theobald, Pope, Pope's, Publisher, Richard Blackmore, The
related to Bibliography · 23
The Dunciad → Alexander, Alexander Pope, Aubrey, Butt, Date, Houghton Mifflin, ISBN, John, Knapton, Life, Mack, Maynard, New York, Norton, OCLC, Poetry, Pope, Prose, The Poems, Twickenham
related to Origins · 21
The Dunciad → Ansbach, Dulness, Dunce, Dunces, Dunciad, George II, Georgian, Grub Street, Joseph Spence, Lewis Theobald, Part, Pope, Pope's, Queen Caroline, Shakespeare Restored, Spence's Anecdotes, Still Dunce, The King, The Princess, Wales Caroline
related to The argument of the four-book Dunciad · 18
The Dunciad → Anti-Christ, Bays, Bible, Cibber, Cibber's, Classical, Dulness, Dunces, Dunciad, King, Lord Mayor's Day, Most, Not, Other, Poet Laureate, Pope, Virgil, Wit
related to Dulness · 17
The Dunciad → As, Book IV, Chaos, Colley Cibber, Dulness, Dunciad, Hence, Her, In Pope's, Instead, Lead, Lewis Theobald, Night, Pope, Saturnian, She, To
related to The four-book Dunciad B of 1743 · 14
The Dunciad → Advertisement, Bishop Warburton, Colley Cibber, Dunciad, Dunciad Variorum, He, Hyper-Critics, In, Lewis Theobald, Most, Pope, Reader, Ricardus Aristarchus, The
related to External links · 9
The Dunciad → Alexander Pope, Project Gutenberg, Quotations, Searching, The, Volume, WikiquoteThe Poetical Works, Wikisource, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Versions · 7
The Dunciad → Bays, Dunciad, Dunciad Variorum, Four Books, The, The New Dunciad, Theobald

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pope dulness cibber dunciad poem book new theobald ii dunces pope's one iii iv goddess king john settle first poet

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the mock-heroic MacFlecknoe by John Drydeninstance ofThe general structure owes its origins to the communal project of the Scriblerians and other similar works0.80text
Pope's own The Rape of the Lock.The Scriblerian club most consistently comprised Jonathan Swiftinstance ofThe general structure owes its origins to the communal project of the Scriblerians and other similar works0.80text
John Gayinstance ofThe general structure owes its origins to the communal project of the Scriblerians and other similar works0.80text
John Arbuthnotinstance ofThe general structure owes its origins to the communal project of the Scriblerians and other similar works0.80text
Robert Harleyinstance ofThe general structure owes its origins to the communal project of the Scriblerians and other similar works0.80text
and Thomas Parnellinstance ofThe general structure owes its origins to the communal project of the Scriblerians and other similar works0.80text
The Dunciadrelated to "Tibbald" King of DuncesAlexander Pope0.60section
The Dunciadrelated to "Tibbald" King of DuncesLewis Theobald0.60section
The Dunciadrelated to "Tibbald" King of DuncesKing0.60section
The Dunciadrelated to "Tibbald" King of DuncesDunces0.60section
The Dunciadrelated to "Tibbald" King of DuncesDunciad0.60section
The Dunciadrelated to "Tibbald" King of DuncesThe0.60section

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