The Major Works
Sub-Title:
the major works /Author:
John DrydenPublisher:
Oxford University PressPublication Date:
01-09-2003ISBN:
9780192840776Pages:
992Subjects:
Poetry (poetic Works By One Author)Available as:
Paperback, 9780192840776Description:
John Dryden (1631-1700) was the leading writer of his day and a major cultural spokesman following the restoration of Charles II in 1660. His work includes political poems, satire, religious apologias, translations, critical essays and plays. This authoritative edition brings together a unique combination of Dryden's poetry and prose--all the major poems in full, literary criticism, and translations--to give the essence of his work and thinking.
The collection includes the poems,MacFlecknoeandAbsalom and Achitophelas well as Dryden's classical translations; his versions of Homer, Horace, and Ovid are reproduced in full. There are also substantial selections from Dryden's Virgil, Juvenal, and other classical writers.Fables, Ancientand Modern, taken from Chaucer, Ovid, Boccaccio, and Homer, his last and possibly greatest work, also appears in full.
The collection includes the poems,MacFlecknoeandAbsalom and Achitophelas well as Dryden's classical translations; his versions of Homer, Horace, and Ovid are reproduced in full. There are also substantial selections from Dryden's Virgil, Juvenal, and other classical writers.Fables, Ancientand Modern, taken from Chaucer, Ovid, Boccaccio, and Homer, his last and possibly greatest work, also appears in full.
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