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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... poetry itself as a source of highest value . In the cases of Oldham and himself , the very shape and definition of the soul is one accorded by the practice of poetry . So , too , any discussion of Oldham's life and death is , according ...
... poetry itself as a source of highest value . In the cases of Oldham and himself , the very shape and definition of the soul is one accorded by the practice of poetry . So , too , any discussion of Oldham's life and death is , according ...
Page 210
... poetry itself as a source of highest value . In the cases of Oldham and himself , the very shape and definition of the soul is one accorded by the prac- tice of poetry . So , too , any discussion of Oldham's life and death is , accord ...
... poetry itself as a source of highest value . In the cases of Oldham and himself , the very shape and definition of the soul is one accorded by the prac- tice of poetry . So , too , any discussion of Oldham's life and death is , accord ...
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... Poetry and Politics and Language in Dryden's Poetry . JAMES A. WINN is Professor of English at the University of Michigan . He is the author of A Window in the Bosom : The Letters of Alexander Pope and Unsuspected Eloquence : A History ...
... Poetry and Politics and Language in Dryden's Poetry . JAMES A. WINN is Professor of English at the University of Michigan . He is the author of A Window in the Bosom : The Letters of Alexander Pope and Unsuspected Eloquence : A History ...
Contents
The Trivialization of Universal Harmony | 7 |
The Herculean Hero in All for Love | 31 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 43 |
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