John Dryden, a Study of His PoetryH. Holt, 1946 - 298 pages |
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Page 54
... mind which created the poetry and the painting of the next century ; that frame of mind which made Sir Joshua Reynolds most of what he was as artist or as critic , but which eventually moved Ruskin and Blake to awful wrath . " To ...
... mind which created the poetry and the painting of the next century ; that frame of mind which made Sir Joshua Reynolds most of what he was as artist or as critic , but which eventually moved Ruskin and Blake to awful wrath . " To ...
Page 68
... minds and actions both in fact and in fable with an endless relish . Books he treated from a single motive , admira- tion for them and their makers . Dryden was above all things a literary man . His mind could best be energized by ...
... minds and actions both in fact and in fable with an endless relish . Books he treated from a single motive , admira- tion for them and their makers . Dryden was above all things a literary man . His mind could best be energized by ...
Page 276
... minds for Mac Flecknoe : Amidst this monument of vanisht minds . It has been pointed out * that Mac Flecknoe parodies ... mind during these years . In the dedication of Limberham ( played 1678 , printed 1680 ) he was writing : " You may ...
... minds for Mac Flecknoe : Amidst this monument of vanisht minds . It has been pointed out * that Mac Flecknoe parodies ... mind during these years . In the dedication of Limberham ( played 1678 , printed 1680 ) he was writing : " You may ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF THE POET Page | 1 |
FALSE LIGHTS | 30 |
THE TRUE FIRE | 67 |
Copyright | |
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