John DrydenHarold Bloom Chelsea House, 1987 - 234 pages A collection of twelve critical essays on the work of Dryden, arranged in chronological order of original publication. |
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Page 88
... allusion to Charles's alleged asylum there after the Battle of Worcester and an implied reference to the founding of Rome : These Ruines sheltred once His Sacred Head Then when from Wor'sters fatal Field He fled ; Watch'd by the Genius ...
... allusion to Charles's alleged asylum there after the Battle of Worcester and an implied reference to the founding of Rome : These Ruines sheltred once His Sacred Head Then when from Wor'sters fatal Field He fled ; Watch'd by the Genius ...
Page 213
... allusion has evoked , to be almost uncannily appropriate . This brings us to Dryden's concluding allusion : Once more , hail and farewel ; farewel thou young , But ah too short , Marcellus of our Tongue ; Thy Brows with Ivy , and ...
... allusion has evoked , to be almost uncannily appropriate . This brings us to Dryden's concluding allusion : Once more , hail and farewel ; farewel thou young , But ah too short , Marcellus of our Tongue ; Thy Brows with Ivy , and ...
Page 215
... allusion had the attendant effect of likening Dryden himself to a figure in the Aeneid , so , again , the final allusion has a similar but even greater associative effect on the elegist . Oldham becomes Marcellus and is described , in ...
... allusion had the attendant effect of likening Dryden himself to a figure in the Aeneid , so , again , the final allusion has a similar but even greater associative effect on the elegist . Oldham becomes Marcellus and is described , in ...
Contents
The Trivialization of Universal Harmony | 7 |
The Herculean Hero in All for Love | 31 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 43 |
Copyright | |
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