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 12
... celebration of the heavenly singing . To examine the odes for the next few annual celebrations is to see the growing elaboration of this basic theme . The 1684 poem , set by John Blow , was written by Dryden's friend John Oldham ; that ...
... celebration of the heavenly singing . To examine the odes for the next few annual celebrations is to see the growing elaboration of this basic theme . The 1684 poem , set by John Blow , was written by Dryden's friend John Oldham ; that ...
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... celebration of singing to the singing of that celebration , as it were , to the exigencies of a good cantata text . On the first of these questions , we might turn for a moment to a prior case of Dryden's treatment of a theme of ...
... celebration of singing to the singing of that celebration , as it were , to the exigencies of a good cantata text . On the first of these questions , we might turn for a moment to a prior case of Dryden's treatment of a theme of ...
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... celebration of the power of music . The ode falls into three main sections , commencing with an introduc- tory narrative of the role played by music , treated as abstract Harmony at the beginning , in the Creation ( 1-15 ) . A second ...
... celebration of the power of music . The ode falls into three main sections , commencing with an introduc- tory narrative of the role played by music , treated as abstract Harmony at the beginning , in the Creation ( 1-15 ) . A second ...
Contents
The Trivialization of Universal Harmony | 7 |
The Herculean Hero in All for Love | 31 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 43 |
Copyright | |
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