Perspectives on EpicFrederick H. Candelaria, William C. Strange Allyn and Bacon, 1965 - 183 pages |
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... Dryden signed a contract with the King's Theater to write three plays a year . Shortly afterwards he became Poet ... Dryden's time par excellence a long story in verse ( an epic or heroic poem ) or a drama like an epic . ( D'Avenant ...
... Dryden signed a contract with the King's Theater to write three plays a year . Shortly afterwards he became Poet ... Dryden's time par excellence a long story in verse ( an epic or heroic poem ) or a drama like an epic . ( D'Avenant ...
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... Dryden's Annus Mirabilis and the dreams of strong poets like Dryden and Pope about writing a British epic . Heroic poets , says the Earl of Mulgrave in his Essay upon Poetry , 1682 , are " gigantic souls ; " the heroic poem is the ...
... Dryden's Annus Mirabilis and the dreams of strong poets like Dryden and Pope about writing a British epic . Heroic poets , says the Earl of Mulgrave in his Essay upon Poetry , 1682 , are " gigantic souls ; " the heroic poem is the ...
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... Dryden's five plays of this kind , from The Indian Queen , written in collaboration with Howard and produced in 1664 , to Aurengzebe , produced in 1677 . Heroic theory , Dryden's justification for the magnitude , the uproar , and the ...
... Dryden's five plays of this kind , from The Indian Queen , written in collaboration with Howard and produced in 1664 , to Aurengzebe , produced in 1677 . Heroic theory , Dryden's justification for the magnitude , the uproar , and the ...
Contents
Literature Without Letters Rhys Carpenter | 3 |
M Bowra | 10 |
Virgil Edith Hamilton | 23 |
Copyright | |
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