John Dryden (1631-1700) : his politics, his plays, and his poets / edited by Claude Rawson and Aaron Santesso.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rawson, Claude Julien.

Santesso, Aaron, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dryden, John, 1631-1700--Criticism and interpretation.

Dryden, John.

Dryden, John, 1631-1700--Political and social views.

Dryden, John, 1631-1700--Knowledge and learning--Literature.

Dryden, John, 1631-1700.

Literature.

Dryden, John, 1631-1700--Dramatic works.

Drama.

Political and social views.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London ; Cranbury : Associated University Presses, [2004]

Contents:

Dryden's London / Lawrence Manley

Dryden, Rochester, and the invention of the 'town' / Harold Love

Dryden's drama: a revaluation / Howard Erskine-Hill

Dryden's The Spanish fryar: modernity and exclusion / David Womersley

John Dryden's politics: the rabble and sovereignty / Maxmillian Novak

Mastering Virgil / Steven Zwicker

Dryden's Persius / Emrys Jones

Safe sex? Dryden's translation of Juvenal's Sixth satire / Susanna Morton Braund

The Janus poet: Dryden's critique of Shakespeare / Paul Hammond

Dryden's poem of paradise: The state of innocence, and fall of man / Louis L. Martz

Dryden, Marvell, and the painful lesson of laughter / Annabel Patterson

Dryden and Swift / Ian Higgins

Plotting parallel lives: Pope's 'A parallel of the characters of Mr. Dryden and Mr. Pope' / Valerie Rumbold

Dryden's Hamlet: the unwritten masterpiece / Barbara Everett

Appendix: the Yale production of Marriage a-la-mode.

Notes:

"A tercentenary celebration held at Yale University, 6-7 October, 2000."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0874138426

OCLC:

52160038