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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... Satire to Busby , " to whom I am not only obliged myself for the best part of my own education , and that of my two sons , but have also received from him the first and truest taste of Persius " ; and before the third Satire he remarked ...
... Satire of Juvenal ( 1687 ) contained like the poem to Roscommon a literary discussion , this time on the subject of ancient and modern satire . In 1692 he consoled Southerne for the failure of his comedy called The Wives ' Excuse with ...
... Satire , and the dedication of his Aeneis summed up contemporary tastes and theories in this department as no other group of essays did ; he was the sponsor but not the chief performer . His tributes to the epic , " the most noble , the ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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