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 162
... formal features of Dryden's plot that on the only two occasions when the bifurcated lines of action momentarily converge both encounters serve explicitly to reinforce that sense of the social distance between high and low plot ...
... formal features of Dryden's plot that on the only two occasions when the bifurcated lines of action momentarily converge both encounters serve explicitly to reinforce that sense of the social distance between high and low plot ...
Page 162
... formal features of Dryden's plot that on the only two occasions when the bifurcated lines of action momen- tarily converge both encounters serve explicitly to reinforce that sense of the social distance between high and low plot ...
... formal features of Dryden's plot that on the only two occasions when the bifurcated lines of action momen- tarily converge both encounters serve explicitly to reinforce that sense of the social distance between high and low plot ...
Page 163
... formal symmetry that thrives on the very absence of ideological resolution . In short , critical consensus exists only on the fact of a socially significant and volatile conflict between the two plots . And we turn to the history of ...
... formal symmetry that thrives on the very absence of ideological resolution . In short , critical consensus exists only on the fact of a socially significant and volatile conflict between the two plots . And we turn to the history of ...
Contents
The Trivialization of Universal Harmony | 7 |
The Herculean Hero in All for Love | 31 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 43 |
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