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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... poetry is like oratory , that poetry is like painting , and that poetry is like music . * The aim is to achieve the ends of those three parallel arts as well as the ends of poetry , and thus enrich poetic expression . The problem is ...
... poet and the orator they were able to offer to the poet handsome if questionable assistance . Poetry in Europe did not become rhetorical over night . In England , for example , the sixteenth century saw eloquence occupying the second ...
... Poetry and Imagination which he cast into final shape in 1872. “ Turnpike is one thing and blue sky another . Let the poet , of all men , stop with his inspiration . The inex- orable rule in the Muses ' court , either inspiration or ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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