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
... reference to St. Cecilia as the patroness of music , and a closing celebration of the heavenly singing . To examine the odes for the next few annual celebrations is to see the growing elaboration of this basic theme . The 1684 poem ...
... reference to St. Cecilia as the patroness of music , and a closing celebration of the heavenly singing . To examine the odes for the next few annual celebrations is to see the growing elaboration of this basic theme . The 1684 poem ...
Page 29
... reference to her attrac- tion of the angel is casually tossed off , as if to indicate that this story was an ... references , such as the " Measures " of line 97 , and the argument about War and Love in the lines following . It is at any ...
... reference to her attrac- tion of the angel is casually tossed off , as if to indicate that this story was an ... references , such as the " Measures " of line 97 , and the argument about War and Love in the lines following . It is at any ...
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... reference , the Virgilian allusions are most marked , and the values evoked are significantly the familiar attributes of the life of the man of honor - magnanimity and the liberal profession of arts and arms . Barzillai , for instance ...
... reference , the Virgilian allusions are most marked , and the values evoked are significantly the familiar attributes of the life of the man of honor - magnanimity and the liberal profession of arts and arms . Barzillai , for instance ...
Contents
The Trivialization of Universal Harmony | 7 |
The Herculean Hero in All for Love | 31 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 43 |
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