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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gelber, Michael Werth. Just and the lively. Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1999 (OCoLC)607173801 |
Named Person: | John Dryden; John Dryden; John Dryden |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Werth Gelber |
ISBN: | 0719054141 9780719054143 0719061423 9780719061424 |
OCLC Number: | 41159280 |
Description: | x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | pt. I. Themes and variations. 1. The ends of criticism. 2. From theory to practice (1664) -- pt. II. First principles. 3. A French play (1665-1668). 4. The new imbalance (1667-1668). 5. A charter of freedom (1668-1670). 6. Varieties of comic experience (1671). 7. The heroic play (1672). 8. The heroic play (concluded). 9. Sweeping of the stakes (1672) -- pt. III. New directions. 10. The classical moment (1673-1679). 11. The great tradition (1680-1700). 12. The Battle of the Books (1680-1700). 13. A critic and scholar (1680-1700). 14. The modern temper (1693-1700) -- pt. IV. A Summing up. 15. Evaluations. |
Responsibility: | Michael Werth Gelber. |
Abstract:
This work offers a detailed reading of each of John Dryden's essays to show the unity and development of his thought. It demonstrates how Dryden tried to resolve the reconciliation of the demand for classical unity with the variety of Renaissance drama and romance.
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