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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:poetry
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gptkbp:adaptation
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opera by Samuel Arnold
various stage adaptations
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Alexander_Pope
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:criticalReception
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widely acclaimed as a masterpiece of English satire
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gptkbp:dedicatedTo
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gptkb:Arabella_Fermor
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gptkbp:expandedEditionPublished
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1714
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gptkbp:featuresCharacter
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gptkb:Clarissa
gptkb:Thalestris
gptkb:Ariel
gptkb:Baronet
gptkb:Belinda
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gptkbp:firstPublished
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1712
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gptkbp:form
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heroic couplets
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gptkbp:genre
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mock-epic
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Rape of the Lock
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gptkbp:includes
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often included in anthologies of English poetry
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gptkbp:influenced
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English satirical poetry
later mock-epic works
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Homer's_Iliad
gptkb:Virgil's_Aeneid
Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso
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gptkbp:inspiredBy
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real-life quarrel between Arabella Fermor and Lord Petre
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:literaryPeriod
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Augustan poetry
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gptkbp:notableFor
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satirical treatment of trivial events
use of supernatural sylphs
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, / What mighty contests rise from trivial things
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gptkbp:parodyOf
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epic conventions
heroic poetry
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:London
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Bernard_Lintot
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:London
gptkb:Hampton_Court
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gptkbp:structure
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five cantos (1714 edition)
two cantos (1712 edition)
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gptkbp:subject
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high society satire
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gptkbp:theme
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gender roles
social satire
triviality of aristocratic concerns
vanity
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Alexander_Pope
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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