John Dryden: The Critical HeritageJames Kinsley, Helen Kinsley Psychology Press, 1995 - 414 pages 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. |
Contents
Instant criticism 1744 | 14 |
71 | 17 |
72 | 25 |
The reception of Drydens first play 1663 | 29 |
6 | 38 |
JOSEPH WARTON on Dryden 1756 1782 | 46 |
12 | 54 |
14 | 69 |
DENNIS on Oedipus 1693 | 209 |
So Tribute from ADDISON 1693 | 213 |
SI DRYDEN on The Satires of Juvenalis 1693 | 215 |
DRYDEN on Love Triumphant 1694 | 216 |
Verses on Virgil 1697 | 217 |
76 | 219 |
DRYDEN on his Virgil 1697 | 224 |
Alexanders Feast 1697 | 226 |
Mr Dreyden Vindicated 1673 | 80 |
ADAM SMITH On The Spanish Fryar 1763 | 87 |
17 | 88 |
21 | 120 |
25 | 126 |
Verses on The Medall 1682 | 136 |
30 | 143 |
Dryden the Tory poet 1682 | 151 |
SHADWELL on The Duke of Guise 1683 | 156 |
A deists tribute 1683 | 159 |
DRYDEN on his History of the League 1684 | 162 |
Odi imitatores servum pecus c 1685 | 163 |
PRIOR parodies The Hind and the Panther 1687 | 167 |
Gentle George reads The Hind and the Panther 1687 1689 | 174 |
CLIFFORDs poison pen 1687 | 175 |
Reflections on The Hind and the Panther 1687 | 186 |
Drydens rhyming poetry 1690 | 190 |
Objections to Don Sebastian 168990 | 191 |
Two actors in 1690 1739 | 193 |
MILBOURNE blows hot and cold 1690 1698 | 196 |
LANGBAINES observations and remarks 1691 | 200 |
Dryden and Congreve 1693 | 203 |
Congreve to Mr Dryden on his translation of Persius 1693 | 205 |
HIGGONS on Persius 1693 | 207 |
DRYDEN on Examen Poeticum 1693 | 208 |
Immorality and profaneness 1698 | 227 |
Fables Ancient and Modern 1700 | 240 |
On a portrait of Dryden 1700 | 241 |
Farce and heroicks 1700 | 242 |
Drydens unnatural flights 1701 | 243 |
SWIFT on Dryden 1704 1710 1735 | 245 |
Verses on Drydens Fables 1706 | 248 |
The Spectator 1711 1712 | 253 |
DENNIS on Dryden 1711 1715 1717 1720 1728 | 257 |
GARTHs memorial to Dryden 1717 | 261 |
CONGREVEs memoir 1717 | 263 |
DENNIS on All for Love 1719 | 266 |
ALEXANDER POPE on Dryden 173043 | 269 |
THOMAS GRAY on Dryden 1742 1754 1765 | 270 |
DR JOHNSON on Dryden 177981 1750 | 273 |
Comments by COWPER 1780 1782 1784 | 313 |
A professorial view 1783 | 314 |
Teutonic strictures 1808 | 316 |
MALONE on Dryden 1800 | 317 |
No great favourite of WORDSWORTHS 1805 | 323 |
Cause for alarm 1805 1806 | 325 |
The great appraisal 1808 | 328 |
BLAKE against journeymen c 1810 | 400 |