John Dryden and His Readers: 1700

ISBN-13: 9781032239118 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 252 str.

Winifred Ernst

Opis

In Fables, Dryden’s controlled detachment enables him to forge a modern and experimental form of history through imitations of ancient and modern writers. Dryden may have articulated in beautiful verse the emotions of many in the midst of enormous historical change.

Spis treści

Introduction

Chapter 1: Dryden’s Ancient and Modern Imitations—Histories and Concordia Discors in Palamon and Arcite and The Secular Masque

Chapter 2: Venus and Mars Move to Persuasion/Consent vs. Force

Chapter 3: Mary, Monarchy, and Dryden’s Female Readers

Chapter 4: Shakespeare as Dryden’s Afflatus

Chapter 5: Detachment and Involvement in Artistry and Good Government

Conclusion

O autorze

Winifred Ernst teaches literature at the University of San Francisco. She has published articles and written reviews on John Dryden, Jonathan Swift and Cervantes in Studies in Philology, Hispanic Enlightenment, Restoration and Modern Language Review. Her research interests include reader reception, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century satire, early modern innovation in historical fiction, marginalia, and the borrowing and bartering of allusions across continents and centuries.