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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... volume of " divine Epigrams " published by his friend John Hoddesdon . The verses have a Puritan tinge and are clumsy in their appro- bation . Ten years later he opened a freer vein of compliment in the piece which he prefixed to a volume ...
... volumes which he had engineered for Tonson in 1684 , 1685 , 1693 , and 1694 , and which had been by no means the ... volume opened with Mac Flecknoe , as it had at the beginning of the series , in 1684 ; and here or there all of the ...
... volume , A Satyr upon Man , A Let- ter from Artemisia in the Town to Chloe in the Country , and Upon the Author of a ... volumes of 1681 and 1683 , the agreement is perfect . On pages 232 , 233 , 234 , 235 , and 214 is found : Anno 1678 ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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