The Temper of John Dryden
Published on 7. October 1993
Book
Hardback
253 pages
978-0-937191-25-5 (ISBN)
Description
Essays by the author of the influential study, The Restoration Comedy of Wit, secure Fujimura's reputation as a major Dryden critic. The ten essays, collected posthumously, are unified by Fujimura's biographical approach toDryden's work. Frequently cited, they range over the personal element in Dryden's work, his poetry, the heroic plays, his changing political views, Religio Laici, The Hind and the Panther, and his translation of Virgil.
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Language
English
Place of publication
East Lansing, MI
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-937191-25-5 (9780937191255)
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Content
The temper of John Dryden; the personal element in Dryden's poetry; the personal drama of Dryden's "The Hind and the Panther"; Dryden's Virgil - translation as autobiography; "Autobiography" in Dryden's late work; Dryden's poetics - the expressive values in poetry; John Dryden and the myth of the Golden Age; the appeal of Dryden's heroic plays; Dryden's "Religio Laici" - an Anglican poem; Dryden's changing political views.