Dryden the Public Writer, 1660-1685 / / George McFadden.
This reinterpretation of Dryden's life and works shows how his writings were influenced by important contemporaries, the power struggles of Restoration politics, and the friendships and rivalries of society. Professor McFadden sees Dryden's poems, plays, and essays as forms of address imme...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1978 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Books and Periodicals Frequently Cited
- Introduction
- PART ONE. Dryden the Poet
- ONE. Dryden's Early Attitudes toward Politics and the Heroic
- Two. The Controversy with Sir Robert Howard
- THREE. Dryden and His Betters
- FOUR. Dryden among the Courtiers
- FIVE. Among the Wits
- PART TWO: The Succession Crisis and its Critic
- Six. Aureng-Zebe: The Character of a Loyal Successor
- SEVEN. On Stage: Sophocles, Shakespeare, the Popish Plot
- EIGHT. Absalom and Achitophel
- NINE. The Augustan Interlude (1683-1684)
- Index