John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page vii
... essay a third time for such use as poets , critics , students , and other readers care to make of it . It is an extended study of one poet's art . It stands or falls by the amount of truth about that poet , or about poetry in general ...
... essay a third time for such use as poets , critics , students , and other readers care to make of it . It is an extended study of one poet's art . It stands or falls by the amount of truth about that poet , or about poetry in general ...
Page 92
... Essay on Translated Verse ( 1684 ) , two sensible poems in the manner of Horace and Boileau , stamped aristocratic ... essays , they set the standard of decency and urbanity to which Augustans were continually returning over the next ...
... Essay on Translated Verse ( 1684 ) , two sensible poems in the manner of Horace and Boileau , stamped aristocratic ... essays , they set the standard of decency and urbanity to which Augustans were continually returning over the next ...
Page 294
... Essay on Criticism , 58 , 62 , 65 Essay on Man , 253 Homer , 55 , 65 , 216 , 238 , 243 , 258 , 264 Horace , 98 Moral Essays , 258 Ode for Musick ( on St. Cecilia's Day ) , 258 Paraphrases from Chaucer , 258 Pastorals , 259 The Rape of ...
... Essay on Criticism , 58 , 62 , 65 Essay on Man , 253 Homer , 55 , 65 , 216 , 238 , 243 , 258 , 264 Horace , 98 Moral Essays , 258 Ode for Musick ( on St. Cecilia's Day ) , 258 Paraphrases from Chaucer , 258 Pastorals , 259 The Rape of ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
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