John Dryden : the critical heritage / edited by James Kinsley and Helen Kinsley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kinsley, James.

Kinsley, Helen.

Series:

Critical heritage series.

Critical heritage series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Dryden, John.

Physical Description:

x, 414 p.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1971 (1995 printing)

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Collected Critical Heritage set will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes.

Contents:

1. The reception of Dryden's first play 1663

2. Pepys at the theatre 1662, 1663, 1664, 1667, 1668

3. Dryden on The Indian emperour, 1667-1679

4. Dryden on Secret-love, 1668

5. Dryden on his comedies, 1668-1671

6. Flecknoe on Dryden 1670

7. Dryden's patent, 1670

8. Dryden on Tyrannick love, 1670, 1681

9. Dryden on An evening's love, 1671

10. Dryden as Mr. Bayes, 1672

11. "Tragedy I say's my masterpiece", 1673

12. The censure of the Rota, 1673

13. Attack by vindication, 1673

14. Mr. Dreyden vindicated, 1673

15. The Athenian virtuosi answered, 1673

16. Ravenscroft requites Dryden, 1673

17. Wits and pendants, 1673

18. Marvell on The state of innocence, 1674

20. Rochester on Dryden, 1675-7

21. Comedy and tragedy, 1676

22. Excellent imaging?, 1677

23. Dryden on The kind of keeper, 1677, 1680

24. Dryden on All for love, 1678

25. Dryden on The Spanish fryar, 1681

26. Verses on Absalom and Achitophel, 1681, 1682

27. Some responses to Absalom and Achitophel, 1681, 1682

28. Verses on The medall, 1682

29. Verses on Religio laici, 1682, 1683

30. The medal of John Bayes : a satyr, 1682

31. Dryden, the Tory poet, 1682

32. Shadwell on The duke of guise, 1683

33. A deist's tribute, 1683

34. Dryden on his History of the league, 1684

35. Odi imitatores servum pecus, andc. 1685

36. Prior parodies The hind and the panther, 1687

37. Gentle George reads The hind and the panther, 1687, 1689

38. Clifford's poison pen, 1687

39. Reflections on The hind and the panther, 1687

40. Dryden's rhyming poetry, 1690

41. Objections to Don Sebastian, 1689-90

42. Two actors in 1690 (1739)

43. Milbourne blows hot and cold 1690, 1698

44. Langbaine's observations and remarks, 1691

45. Dryden and Congreve, 1693

46. Congreve to Mr. Dryden, on his translation of Persius, 1693

47. Higgons on Persius, 1693

48. Dryden on Examen poeticum, 1693

49. Dennis on Oedipus, 1693

50. Tribute from Addison, 1693

51. Dryden on The satires of Juvenalis, 1693

52. Dryden on Love triumphant, 1694

53. Verses on Virgil, 1697

54. Dryden on his Virgil, 1697

55. Alexander's feast, 1697

56. Immorality and profaneness, 1698

57. Fables ancient and modern, 1700

58. On a portrait of Dryden, 1700

59. Farce and heroicks, 1700

60. Dryden's unnatural flights, 1701

61. Swift on Dryden, 1704, 1710, 1735

62. Hughes : verses on Dryden's Fables, 1706

63. The spectator, 1711, 1712

64. Dennis on Dryden, 1711, 1715, 1717, 1720, 1728

65. Garth's memorial to Dryden, 1717

66. Congreve's memoir, 1717

67. Dennis on All for love, 1719

68. Alexander Pope on Dryden, 1730-43

69. Thomas Gray on Dryden, 1742, 1754, 1765

70. Instant criticism, 1744

71. Joseph Warton on Dryden, 1756, 1782

72. Applauding hands and dry eyes, 1759

73. Sigismunda and Timotheus, 1761, 1763, 1764

74. Adam Smith on The Spanish fryar, 1763

75. Comments by Walpole, 1775-87

76. Dr. Johnson on Dryden, 1779-81, 1750

77. Comments by Cowper, 1780, 1782, 1784

78. A professional view, 1783

79. Burns reads Dryden's Virgil, 1788

80. Malone on Dryden, 1800

81. No great favourite of Wordsworth's

82. Scott's Dryden : cause fo alarm, 1805, 1806

83. Walter Scott : the great appraisal

84. Teutonic strictures, 1808

85. Blake against journeymen, c. 1810

86. Lord Monboddo on Dryden's Odes (n.d.).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-136-17159-2

1-315-00449-6

0-415-13430-7

1-136-17152-5

9781315004495

OCLC:

860714106