Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, English Poetry - 17th Century - Literary Criticism, Politics & Literature, Great Britain - Pre-20th Century - Politics & Government, English Poetry - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, English Ficti
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Overview
In this revisionary study of Dryden's thought, David Haley argues that Dryden was the first English poet after Shakespeare to engage in historical reflection upon his own culture. Addressing an audience for whom literature was bound up with religion and politics, Dryden exercised the moral integrity of a public poet and brought home to his readers the meaning of their historical experience.Book Details
Published
June 2, 1997
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1997.
Pages
304
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780300066074