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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... dedication of the Aeneis he had long ago collected the materials , but which he never published , might have been anything but exhaustive . Yet there can be no ques- tion that he experimented freely and was always sensitive to novel ...
... dedication of The Rival Ladies , the prologue to the Tempest , and the prologue to Troilus and Cressida are loci classici of criticism . He knew the text of Shakespeare's major dramas as well as he knew his own works ; his plays are ...
... dedication of All for Love three years before the appearance of Absalom and Achitophel : " that mock - appearance of a liberty , where all who have not part in the government are slaves ; and slaves they are of a viler note than such as ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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