Dunciad

Scripsit Gary Dexter in the Telegraph: The Iliad got its title because the ancient name for Troy was ‘Ilion’, and the suffix -ad tended to denote poems. So far, so straightforward. For 25 centuries this cornerstone of western culture remained largely untampered-with – and then along came Alexander Pope. With his Dunciad, a mock-heroic polemic…

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