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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... Reason to the soul ; and , as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky , Not light us here , so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent , not to assure our doubtful way , But guide us upward to a better day . And as those nightly ...
... Reason to the soul ; and , as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky , Not light us here , so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent , not to assure our doubtful way , But guide us upward to a better day . And as those nightly ...
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... reason . Metaphorically , Dryden's Reason dissolves into the supernatural sun whose beams it has borrowed , but the tonal affect of the passage suggests a darker skepticism . The hymn - like strain rises to lament " our doubtful way ...
... reason . Metaphorically , Dryden's Reason dissolves into the supernatural sun whose beams it has borrowed , but the tonal affect of the passage suggests a darker skepticism . The hymn - like strain rises to lament " our doubtful way ...
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... reason as a tool of empirical examination and the account of reason as innate revela- tion , a tension that reflects the contemporary conflict between the new science and the old metaphysics . This conflict accounts for the ...
... reason as a tool of empirical examination and the account of reason as innate revela- tion , a tension that reflects the contemporary conflict between the new science and the old metaphysics . This conflict accounts for the ...
Contents
The Trivialization of Universal Harmony | 7 |
The Herculean Hero in All for Love | 31 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 43 |
Copyright | |
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