John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page 141
... Achitophel . The Court , which had served as a setting and a justification for the heroic drama and which in its self - sufficiency had tended to cramp the imagination and restrict the field of literary enterprise , had begun to lose ...
... Achitophel . The Court , which had served as a setting and a justification for the heroic drama and which in its self - sufficiency had tended to cramp the imagination and restrict the field of literary enterprise , had begun to lose ...
Page 268
... Achitophel , The Medal , and particu- larly The Medal of John Bayes . The epithet applied to Shad- well on the title page , " True - Blew - Protestant , " may only have been D. Green's ; it was not repeated in later editions . The ...
... Achitophel , The Medal , and particu- larly The Medal of John Bayes . The epithet applied to Shad- well on the title page , " True - Blew - Protestant , " may only have been D. Green's ; it was not repeated in later editions . The ...
Page 269
... Achitophel and The Medal ; but it had no title page , and it was not assigned , as The Medal was , to " the author of Absa- lom and Achitophel . " A legend dating from the next year has been taken as proof that Dryden was strangely ...
... Achitophel and The Medal ; but it had no title page , and it was not assigned , as The Medal was , to " the author of Absa- lom and Achitophel . " A legend dating from the next year has been taken as proof that Dryden was strangely ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
Copyright | |
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Achitophel Alliteration appeared beauty began beginning believed better cadences called century character close composed couplets Cowley criticism death dedication Dryden early edition effect English epigram epilogue Essay expression Fables fire Flecknoe followed French genius give hand harmony heroic important Italy John Johnson kind King known language later learned least less lines live Mac Flecknoe manner master means mind nature never numbers once passage Persius pieces Pindaric plays poem poet poetic poetry Pope praise preface prologue prose readers reason remarked Restoration rhyme satire seems sense song soul sound speaking stanza style sweet things third thou thought translation true turn verse Virgil volume Waller whole writing written wrote