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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... reason over against imagi- nation , did reason no great service and did imagination serious harm . Dryden belonged on the side of the so - called reason . He was not a child of fancy ; he never lived what is sometimes too glibly termed ...
... reason beyond all doubt being that the sepa- ration in current doctrine of wit from judgment , imagination from reason , rendered it difficult or impossible to discriminate between true and false expression and sanctioned a certain reck ...
... Reason to the soul ; and , as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky , Not light us here , so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent , not to assure our doubtful way , But guide us upward to a better day . And as those nightly ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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