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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 11
... Pindaric narrative . Dryden's habit of dilating his heroic verse with Alexan- drines not only grew upon him so that he indulged in flourishes when flourishes were not required , but it became contagious . Poetasters like John Hughes who ...
... Pindaric Odes was a version of Isaiah XXXIV . " The manner of the Prophets ' writing , " he observed in a note ... Pindaric writers seemed ignorant of the strophe , antistrophe , and epode , and that their work seemed rather on the order ...
... Pindaric verse . . . . I have taken some pains to make it my master - piece in English : for which reason I took this kind of verse , which allows more latitude than any other . " The combination of Horatian felicity with Pindaric ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
Copyright | |
7 other sections not shown