Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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Page xii
... practice over theory . ' tis The same priority is evident in his criticism of poetry . “ An Apology for Heroic Poetry and Heroic Licence , " though freighted with classical precedents and a more than usual amount of theoret- ical ...
... practice over theory . ' tis The same priority is evident in his criticism of poetry . “ An Apology for Heroic Poetry and Heroic Licence , " though freighted with classical precedents and a more than usual amount of theoret- ical ...
Page xv
... practice . But on the other hand , his profoundest commitment is always and finally to a living literature and its relation to a living audience , and it is this commitment which most enriches his criticism of both the past and the ...
... practice . But on the other hand , his profoundest commitment is always and finally to a living literature and its relation to a living audience , and it is this commitment which most enriches his criticism of both the past and the ...
Page xvi
... practice , balanced his use of tradition , and which , in his criticism , enabled him to have the widest possible imaginative sympathy with the literature of different ages and cultures . Of Dramatic Poesy , for example , despite its ...
... practice , balanced his use of tradition , and which , in his criticism , enabled him to have the widest possible imaginative sympathy with the literature of different ages and cultures . Of Dramatic Poesy , for example , despite its ...
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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