John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryIndiana University Press, 1967 - 298 pages Discover the poetry of one of England's greatest writers with this insightful and engaging study of John Dryden's life and work. In "John Dryden", Mark Van Doren offers a detailed analysis of Dryden's poetic style, exploring the themes and structure of his most famous works and offering a fresh perspective on this literary giant. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
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... Absalom is , in my opinion , worth the whole poem : it is not bloody , but it is ridiculous enough ; and he , for whom it was intended , was too witty to resent it as an injury . If I had railed , I might have suffered for it justly ...
... Absalom fell into its rhythms , and there were complete copyists like Duke in his Review or Mainwaring in his Tarquin and Tullia and his Suum Cuiusque . After Pope the music was less plainly heard . Churchill went out of his way to ...
... Absalom and Achitophel " has been dismissed on the grounds that that gentleman , being a liar no less than a pirate , knew he could sell ten times more copies under such auspices than he could sell under any other . It cannot be shown ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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