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 98
... things in The Hind and the Panther we discovered , perhaps to our surprise , that character was the important thing . Some two decades before , Dryden had defined drama ( or rather art ) : A just and lively Image of Humane Nature ...
... things in The Hind and the Panther we discovered , perhaps to our surprise , that character was the important thing . Some two decades before , Dryden had defined drama ( or rather art ) : A just and lively Image of Humane Nature ...
Page 152
Harold Bloom. when men deliver'd so many things almost in an equal number of words . ” This extreme of thought ... thing is a sign — an index , a symptom , or a cipher of some thing other than itself - but in which words are still ...
Harold Bloom. when men deliver'd so many things almost in an equal number of words . ” This extreme of thought ... thing is a sign — an index , a symptom , or a cipher of some thing other than itself - but in which words are still ...
Page 177
... things . And the duplicity of words is , after all , a major preoccupation of Dryden's play . Of course Melantha is ... thing " ( 4.4.46 ) . On the other hand , the authority of words cannot be rejected out of hand , a point that Marxist ...
... things . And the duplicity of words is , after all , a major preoccupation of Dryden's play . Of course Melantha is ... thing " ( 4.4.46 ) . On the other hand , the authority of words cannot be rejected out of hand , a point that Marxist ...
Contents
The Trivialization of Universal Harmony | 7 |
The Herculean Hero in All for Love | 31 |
Absalom and Achitophel | 43 |
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