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
... follows : first came an exhortation to begin the music- making , then a description of the various instruments and observations of their respective powers to move the affections . These grew into separate strophes , each with a ...
... follows : first came an exhortation to begin the music- making , then a description of the various instruments and observations of their respective powers to move the affections . These grew into separate strophes , each with a ...
Page 151
... follows that assertion by transposing the attributes of the two periods so unwarrantably that I suspect not even Rymer could have agreed with him : " Poetry was then , if not in its infancy among us , at least not arrived to its full ...
... follows that assertion by transposing the attributes of the two periods so unwarrantably that I suspect not even Rymer could have agreed with him : " Poetry was then , if not in its infancy among us , at least not arrived to its full ...
Page 152
... follows the well - known passage about hot Achilles and patient Aeneas . Of a piece with his readiness to admire self- portraiture in fiction is Dryden's earlier contribution to the theatrical dispute between " wit " and “ humor ” in ...
... follows the well - known passage about hot Achilles and patient Aeneas . Of a piece with his readiness to admire self- portraiture in fiction is Dryden's earlier contribution to the theatrical dispute between " wit " and “ humor ” 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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