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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... kind began with Daniel , Drayton , Donne , and Jonson , and culminated in Pope . The Ovidian or " voluptuous " kind got a start in volumes like Dray- ton's Heroical Epistles and ran on to Pope's Eloisa to Abelard . The third kind , the ...
... kind for the paltriest verse . Dryden's odes , if artificial and sensational , were the last thing from paltry ; they are among the most amazing tours de force in English poetry . The Song of 1687 established a new kind of imitative har ...
... kind . Perhaps this poet is more easy to be translated than some others whom I have lately attempted ; perhaps , too , he was more according to my genius . . . I have attempted to restore Ovid to his native sweetness , easiness , and ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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