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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... rhyme was a handicap , but he accepted it without prolonged protest ; and within the bounds imposed by it he obtained a surprising diversity of accent . He defended rhyming plays against Sir Robert Howard in the dedication of The Rival ...
... rhyme , leaves nothing in the soul of the hearer to desire . " He employed the give - and - take of rhymed repartee chiefly in the heroic plays , but strains of it also appeared amidst his blank verse and his prose , at such times as he ...
... rhyme in drama , and thereafter no more rhyme was used , except for a few tail- speeches in Oedipus ( 1679 ) and The Duke of Guise ( 1682 ) , until the last three plays of all , Amphitryon ( 1690 ) , Cleomenes ( 1692 ) , and Love ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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