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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... edition which Gordon Fraser published at the Minority Press , Cambridge , in 1931. Now , twenty - five years after its original appearance in America , it is published here again . I am grateful to Harcourt , Brace and Company and to ...
... editions , aided as they were by the greatest of living names , can be no proof ; nor have I observed among the numberless recent publication of the Eng- lish booksellers a single reprint of even those ... edition of 1854 244 JOHN DRYDEN.
... editions of Mac Flecknoe at hand , transcribed that poem too because he liked it , as Oldham before him had liked it ... edition of 1684 was equivalent to a full confession of authorship . The execrations with which he reassured Shadwell ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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