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Paul Hammond - John Dryden - 9780333453797 - V9780333453797
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John Dryden

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Description for John Dryden Hardback. Dryden's career is addressed chronologically and thematically. The book takes issue with those who impugned Dryden's integrity, and argues that he was a sincere, if sceptical, writer whose main subjects were the abuse of political power, the difficulties of sexuality and the pursuit of freedom. Series: Macmillan Literary Lives. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
John Dryden was England's most outstanding and controversial writer for the last four decades of the seventeenth century. He dominated the literary world as a satirist, a skilled and versatile dramatist, a pioneer of literary criticism, a writer of religious poetry, and an eloquent translator from the great classical poets. The present book discusses Dryden's career both chronologically and thematically, taking issue with his enemies' denigration of his integrity, and revealing him as a subtle, passionate and sceptical writer.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
Series
Macmillan Literary Lives
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333453797
SKU
V9780333453797
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