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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... beauty and meaning ? Actually the product as we now regard it is less beautiful rather than more beautiful in consequence of this confusion . Instead of deepening its own medium by con- tact with oratory , painting , and music , poetry ...
... Beauty was but young , And few admired the native red and white , Till poets dressed them up to charm the sight ; So Beauty took on trust , and did engage For sums of praises till she came of age . But this long - growing debt to poetry ...
... beauty of the Italian way , the graces and gayety of the French . " It is debatable whether the musical personalities of Purcell and other contemporary composers were in general a good or a bad influence on Restoration lyric style . It ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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