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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... beginning , there can be no doubt , he was pleased to read widely and was avid of information . " He's a man of general learning , " sneered Settle . Dryden was not an exact or patient scholar , nor was he obsessed with the pedantry ...
... beginning , Had Blind love , to this hour , never , like me , a slave under his power . Then blest be the dart That he threw at my heart , For nothing can prove A joy so great as to be wounded with love , was adapted from Voiture : L ...
... beginning of the Lucretius , the beginning of the Georgics , and the prayers in Palamon and Arcite are his most godlike pleas . “ Landor once said to me , ” wrote Henry Crabb Robinson in his Diary for January 6 , 1842 , " Nothing was ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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