William Myers

Dryden (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1973, this is foremost a study of Dryden as a writer, but, the author maintains, his ideas cannot be separated from his art. Dryden's concern with familiar 17th Century problems make him almost as important to the historian as to the student of English Literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040338193
• Artikelnr.: 72861811

Autorenporträt

William Myers retired as Professor of English Literature in 2004, having taught for most of his life in the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester, as well as lecturing in half a dozen universities in the United States, His interests and published works extend from Milton to Waugh and reflect his interest in theology, philosophy and science as well as in literature. He was involved in Adult Education throughout his career, and deplores its current decline in the UK. After his retirement he was ordained as a Permanent Deacon in the Catholic Diocese of Nottingham, but is no longer in active ministry..

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. The Restoration: Poems 1659
1667 2. Admiration and Truth: Drama and Criticism 1660
1679 3. Fancy and Delight: Comedy and Criticism 1663
1672 4. Judgement and Instruction: Poems, Comedy and Satire 1673
1679 5. The Exclusion Crisis: Poems, Plays and Satires 1679
1681 6. The Tory Triumph: Poems 1682
1686 7. A Catholic Reign: Poems 1685
1688 8. A Protestant Revolution: Poems and Plays After 1688 9. Reactions to History: Translations and Criticism 1681
1698 10. Nature, Love and War: The Fables and The Secular Mask