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- Title
Mock as screen and optic.
- Authors
Jarvis, Simon
- Abstract
An essay is presented in which the author analyzes mock literature. The author examines how mock literature can inflate the perception of its hero while simultaneously providing ridicule and applies this approach to mock-heroic poetry. Specific works mentioned include Alexander Pope's poem "Rape of the Lock, " Thomas Hobbes' book "Leviathan," and "La Secchia Rapita" by Alessandro Tassoni.
- Subjects
MOCK-heroic literature; HEROES in literature; RIDICULE in literature; RAPE of the Lock, The (Poem : Pope); LEVIATHAN (Book : Hobbes); LA Secchia Rapita (Poem); POPE, Alexander, 1688-1744
- Publication
Critical Quarterly, 2004, Vol 46, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0011-1562
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1111/j.0011-1562.2004.00575.x