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 21
... final chorus , which together with the opening brackets the whole ode , is of a more original stuff : Grand CHORUS As from the Pow'r of Sacred Lays The Spheres began to move , And sung the great Creator's Praise To all the bless'd above ...
... final chorus , which together with the opening brackets the whole ode , is of a more original stuff : Grand CHORUS As from the Pow'r of Sacred Lays The Spheres began to move , And sung the great Creator's Praise To all the bless'd above ...
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... final appearance of St. Cecilia as a peculiar sort of deus ex machina must be understood as operating within the convention of the St. Cecilia's Day music meetings , with which Dryden was of course familiar . She triumphs over Timotheus ...
... final appearance of St. Cecilia as a peculiar sort of deus ex machina must be understood as operating within the convention of the St. Cecilia's Day music meetings , with which Dryden was of course familiar . She triumphs over Timotheus ...
Page 108
... final couplet claims to rewrite history : in 1651 , when Charles took refuge at Stonehenge , it “ was ” a Roman temple ( the argument of Inigo Jones's earlier , rival treatise ) ; in 1662 , after the king's coronation , it " becomes " a ...
... final couplet claims to rewrite history : in 1651 , when Charles took refuge at Stonehenge , it “ was ” a Roman temple ( the argument of Inigo Jones's earlier , rival treatise ) ; in 1662 , after the king's coronation , it " becomes " a ...
Contents
The Trivialization of Universal Harmony | 7 |
The Herculean Hero in All for Love | 31 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 43 |
Copyright | |
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