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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... cadences in the satires and the epistles . But nothing is more natural than that his best music should be heard in ... cadence of the close breathes consolation . Such passages are worth , as poetry , a thousand Camillas and all the ...
... cadences which jolted Achitophel and Zimri into fame were by no means new to Dryden in 1681 , although they had not been exactly prominent in his verse before . They had appeared as early as the Annus Mirabilis , when it was said of the ...
... cadence for cadence but sometimes word for word and line for line . Zimri and Og begat Wharton and Sporus ; Mac Flecknoe begat the Dunciad ; the Religio Laici and The Hind and the Panther begat the Moral Essays ; the Cecilia of 1687 ...
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THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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