Approaches to Teaching the Works of John Dryden |
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| Editor:
| Lewis, Jayne
Zunshine, Lisa |
| Series title: | Approaches to Teaching World Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60329-125-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Modern Language Association of America
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $53.00 |
Book Description:
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Which John Dryden should be brought into the twentyfirst-century classroom? The rehabilitator of the ancients? The first of the moderns? The literary theorist? The translator? The playwright? The poet? This volume addresses the tensions, contradictions, and versatility of a writer who, in the words of Samuel Johnson, "found [English poetry] brick, and left it marble", who was, in the words of Walter Scott, "one of the greatest of our masters".
Which John Dryden should be brought into the twentyfirst-century classroom? The rehabilitator of the ancients? The first of the moderns? The literary theorist? The translator? The playwright? The poet? This volume addresses the tensions, contradictions, and versatility of a writer who, in the words of Samuel Johnson, "found [English poetry] brick, and left it marble", who was, in the words of Walter Scott, "one of the greatest of our masters".