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John Dryden

A Literary Life

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Paul Hammond

    1. University of Leeds, UK

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Part of the book series: Literary Lives (LL)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Apprentice 1631–59

    • Paul Hammond
    Pages 1-20

  3. The New Writer 1660–7

    • Paul Hammond
    Pages 21-43

  4. The Dramatist 1663–85

    • Paul Hammond
    Pages 44-66

  5. The Critic 1668–84

    • Paul Hammond
    Pages 67-88

  6. The Political Writer 1678–85

    • Paul Hammond
    Pages 89-113

  7. The Religious Writer 1665–87

    • Paul Hammond
    Pages 114-141

  8. The Translator 1680–1700

    • Paul Hammond
    Pages 142-168

  9. Epilogue

    • Paul Hammond
    Pages 169-170

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 171-184
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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.

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  • University of Leeds, UK

    Paul Hammond

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