The Works of John Dryden, Volume IV
Poems, 1693-1696
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 17. September 1974
Book
Hardback
850 pages
978-0-520-02120-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains the poems of Dryden extending from 1693 to 1696. Mostly these are translations of Roman poetry, specifically the satires of Juvenal and Persius, sections of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Amours, and Art of Love, passages from Homer and Virgil--as well as some elegies of contemporaries composed in his later years. Also included is Dryden's influential essay on the nature of satire entitled "A Discourse Concerning the Original and Progress of Satire."
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 64 mm
Weight
1361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-02120-4 (9780520021204)
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Persons
John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. William Frost was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A. B. Chambers was Professor of English, Santa Barbara.