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 59
... never are at rest ; But Bed and Board of Kings with Filth infest . Even Dryden himself could not repeat the achievement of Absalom and Achitophel . By 1688 the tide had turned . The alliance between landed wealth and city wealth which ...
... never are at rest ; But Bed and Board of Kings with Filth infest . Even Dryden himself could not repeat the achievement of Absalom and Achitophel . By 1688 the tide had turned . The alliance between landed wealth and city wealth which ...
Page 127
... never lived to finish the palace he had contrived . There is a certain contempt for this nobleman's bungling which is not sur- prising in a “ new man " who has had to court the great more often than he could have wished . It would be ...
... never lived to finish the palace he had contrived . There is a certain contempt for this nobleman's bungling which is not sur- prising in a “ new man " who has had to court the great more often than he could have wished . It would be ...
Page 135
... never far away from the text - because of dependence on it — but obvious- ly is never " in it " either . Except for the Essay , which is composed as for- mally as a play ( and has its own preface , the " epistle " to Buckhurst ) , all ...
... never far away from the text - because of dependence on it — but obvious- ly is never " in it " either . Except for the Essay , which is composed as for- mally as a play ( and has its own preface , the " epistle " to Buckhurst ) , all ...
Contents
The Trivialization of Universal Harmony | 7 |
The Herculean Hero in All for Love | 31 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 43 |
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