Literary Criticism of John DrydenUniversity of Nebraska Press, 1967 - 174 pages |
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Page 49
... translated in Sejanus and Catiline . But he has done his robberies so openly that one may see he fears not to be taxed by any law . He invades authors like a monarch , and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him . With ...
... translated in Sejanus and Catiline . But he has done his robberies so openly that one may see he fears not to be taxed by any law . He invades authors like a monarch , and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him . With ...
Page 165
... translating Chaucer into modern French . From which I gather that he has been formerly translated into the old Provençal ( for how she should come to understand old English , I know not ) . But the matter of fact being true , it makes ...
... translating Chaucer into modern French . From which I gather that he has been formerly translated into the old Provençal ( for how she should come to understand old English , I know not ) . But the matter of fact being true , it makes ...
Page 166
... translated nothing from Boccaccio of that nature . In the serious part of poetry , the advantage is wholly on Chaucer's side ; for though the Englishman has borrowed many tales from the Italian , yet it appears that those of Boccaccio ...
... translated nothing from Boccaccio of that nature . In the serious part of poetry , the advantage is wholly on Chaucer's side ; for though the Englishman has borrowed many tales from the Italian , yet it appears that those of Boccaccio ...
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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