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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... become suited to a sort of expression aiming " rather at aptitude than altitude , " as Thomas Jordan put it in the dedication of his Poems and Songs in 1664. It had become more and more agreeable to read and write verses that suavely ...
... becomes subtle , it must go over into prose . It being desirable in that day to work in plain blacks and whites , a type of expression such as Dryden was ... become liable both to misapprehensions and misrepresen- tations . 144 JOHN DRYDEN.
... becomes in his hands a really integral clown . " I never laughed so in all my life , " said Pepys , who went to see ... become known as Dryden's and Pope's . Pedro had spoken thus of Dominick : I met a reverend , fat , old gouty friar ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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