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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... Anne Killigrew , his pro- logues and epilogues on Shakespeare , Jonson , and the present state of poetry . He was partial to literary history and literary parallels as subjects for poems , and no one in English , not even Pope , has ...
... Anne Killigrew and St. Cecilia's Day ; and half a dozen of the songs . Alexander's Feast has probably never been rivaled in popularity by another of the poems . The two Cecilia Odes were all of Dryden that Palgrave printed in his Golden ...
Mark Van Doren. imitative harmony - see under Dry- Killigrew , Mrs. Anne - see under The Death of Alexander the ... Anne Killigrew ... King's Company , the , 128 Kneller , Sir Godfrey - see under Dryden's Works : Epistle to Sir Godfrey ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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