Dryden

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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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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