Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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... poetry : he is one of those who , having had some advantage of education and converse , knows better than the other ... poetry , he creeps along with ten little words in every line , and helps out his numbers with for to and unto , and ...
... poetry : he is one of those who , having had some advantage of education and converse , knows better than the other ... poetry , he creeps along with ten little words in every line , and helps out his numbers with for to and unto , and ...
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... poetry differ from the opinion of the Greek and Latin judges of antiquity ; from the Italians and French who have succeeded them ; and , indeed , from the general taste and approbation of all ages . Heroic poetry , which they contemn ...
... poetry differ from the opinion of the Greek and Latin judges of antiquity ; from the Italians and French who have succeeded them ; and , indeed , from the general taste and approbation of all ages . Heroic poetry , which they contemn ...
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... poetry from the authority of Aristotle have mistaken the text , and consequently the interpretation : I imagine it to be false read , where he says of poetry that it is evpvoûs ň μavɩkoû , that it had always somewhat in it either of a ...
... poetry from the authority of Aristotle have mistaken the text , and consequently the interpretation : I imagine it to be false read , where he says of poetry that it is evpvoûs ň μavɩkoû , that it had always somewhat in it either of a ...
Contents
A Defence of An Essay of Dramatic Poesy 1668 | 70 |
Preface to An Evenings Love 1671 | 90 |
Heads of an Answer to Rymer 1677 | 115 |
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