Essential Articles for the Study of John DrydenHugh Thomas Swedenberg Archon Books, 1966 - 587 pages |
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Page 67
... English because it is neither natural nor pleasing . The English ( although the translated remark about opera misses the point ) are open to attack because they are nonconformists to European dramatic standards- a ground of attack ...
... English because it is neither natural nor pleasing . The English ( although the translated remark about opera misses the point ) are open to attack because they are nonconformists to European dramatic standards- a ground of attack ...
Page 73
... English would be relevant . Sorbière provided such an occasion , if only by making a French party among the English all the more obnoxious . Dryden's next sentence to the reader emphasizes the oc- casional aspect of the Essay at the ...
... English would be relevant . Sorbière provided such an occasion , if only by making a French party among the English all the more obnoxious . Dryden's next sentence to the reader emphasizes the oc- casional aspect of the Essay at the ...
Page 195
... English Poetry , es- pecially in Formal Satire , before the Age of Pope , " Review of English Studies , XXV ( April , 1949 ) , 124-40 . For brief but informative comment on the neo - classical practice of borrowing , see Francis ...
... English Poetry , es- pecially in Formal Satire , before the Age of Pope , " Review of English Studies , XXV ( April , 1949 ) , 124-40 . For brief but informative comment on the neo - classical practice of borrowing , see Francis ...
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