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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... Restoration there had flooded back across the Channel a strong tide of Gallic modernism , involving new fashions in costume , carriage , con- duct , cooking , new ideas of medicine , painting , architecture , music , dancing , new ...
... Restoration performances in this kind , with his pungent reflections on the tastes of the pit and his cavalier trick of speaking of his Muse as his mistress ; but Etherege wrote little at the most . Outside of Dryden the best Restoration ...
... Restoration , the , 110 , 129-30 Restoration music , 176-79 Retz , Cardinal de , 151 Revolution , English , 170 Reynolds , Henry , 113 Reynolds , Sir Joshua , 26 , 54 rhetoric - 294 INDEX.
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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