The Cambridge Companion to John DrydenSteven N. Zwicker Cambridge University Press, 20. 5. 2004 - 300 strán (strany) John Dryden, Poet Laureate to Charles II and James II, was one of the great literary figures of the late seventeenth century. This Companion provides a fresh look at Dryden s tactics and triumphs in negotiating the extraordinary political and cultural revolutions of his time. The newly commissioned essays introduce readers to the full range of his work as a poet, as a writer of innovative plays and operas, as a purveyor of contemporary notions of empire, and most of all as a man intimate with the opportunities of aristocratic patronage as well as the emerging market for literary gossip, slander and polemic. Dryden s works are examined in the context of seventeenth-century politics, publishing and ideas of authorship. A valuable resource for students and scholars, the Companion includes a full chronology of Dryden s life and times and a detailed guide to further reading. |
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Composing a literary life Introduction | 3 |
Dryden and the theatrical imagination | 15 |
Dryden and the energies of satire | 37 |
Druden and the imperial imagination | 59 |
Dryden and the invention of Augustan culture | 75 |
Drydens triplets | 92 |
Drydens London | 113 |
Drydens theatre and the passions of politics | 131 |
Courting and complying with danger | 197 |
Dryden and patronage | 199 |
Dryden and political allegiance | 221 |
The piety of John Dryden | 237 |
Drydens Fables and the judgment of art | 259 |
Dryden and the problem of literary modernity epilogue | 280 |
Further reading | 286 |
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