The Dunciad in Four Books

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Dunciad_in_Four_Books
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:author gptkb:Alexander_Pope
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Richard_Bentley
gptkbp:firstPublished 1743
gptkbp:form heroic couplets
gptkbp:genre satire
gptkbp:hasCommentaryBy gptkb:Martinus_Scriblerus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Dunciad in Four Books
gptkbp:influenced English satire
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Dryden
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableCharacter gptkb:Dulness
gptkb:Scriblerus
gptkb:Colley_Cibber
gptkbp:notableFor literary allusions
mock-epic style
satirical attacks on contemporary writers
gptkbp:originalLanguage English
gptkbp:parodyOf gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:The_Dunciad
gptkbp:publicationDate 1743
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Lawton_Gilliver
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:The_Dunciad_(1728)
gptkb:The_Dunciad_Variorum
gptkbp:setting gptkb:London
gptkbp:structure four books
gptkbp:subject dullness
gptkbp:theme literary criticism
decline of culture
foolishness
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_New_Dunciad_(1742)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7