Essential Articles for the Study of John Dryden

Absalom and Achitophel Æneid allusion ancient Annus Annus Mirabilis Antony appears argument attack Aureng-Zebe Bredvold character Charles Cicero Cleopatra Conquest of Granada contemporary Cowley Cowley's criticism Davideis Dedication den's divine Donne dramatic Duke of Guise edition elegy English epic Essay evidence example French heroic plays History Hobbes Hobbes's Hobbesian Howard human Ibid ideas imitation John Dryden judgment King lines Lisideius literary London Love Mac Flecknoe Malone ment Mirabilis modern nature orator Oxford passage passion philosophical poem Poesy poet poetic poetry political praise Preface probably prose published Quintilian reason reference Religio Laici religion rhetorical rhyme Rochester Royal Society Ruaeus Saintsbury satire says scene seems seventeenth century Shadwell Shakespeare skeptical speech Sprat stanza style suggested synaloepha theory Thomas Hobbes thought tion Tonson tradition translation trochee verse Virgil Virgilian Whig words writing wrote