Dulness's Obscure Vowel:: Language, Monarchy, and Motherhood in Pope's "The Dunciad in Four Books"

Valerie Rumbold

Dulness's Obscure Vowel: Language, Monarchy, and Motherhood in Pope's "The Dunciad in Four Books"

Valerie Rumbold

English Literature

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Abstract

John Wallis's theories of the meanings of the sounds of English words, widely disseminated in the early eighteenth century, shed new light on possible ways of reading Pope's 'Dunciad'.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Literary Milieux:
Subtitle of host publication	Essays in Text and Context: Presented to Howard Erskine-Hill
Editors	David Womersley, Richard McCabe
Place of Publication	Newark
Publisher	University of Delaware Press
Pages	248-306
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Print)	978-1611493276
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2008

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Dunciad

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Dulness's Obscure Vowel: Language, Monarchy, and Motherhood in Pope's "The Dunciad in Four Books"

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