John Dryden

Informationen zum Autor DAVID HOPKINS is a fantasy novelist with an interest in Shakespeare, medieval history, fairy tales, and myth. David is married to artist and designer, April Hopkins. They have two daughters, Kennedy and Greta, and a dog named Moose. David is a full member of SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association). Klappentext This book! with its emphasis on Dryden as a poet - as opposed simply to topical commentator or controversialist - will prove an ideal introduction for students of his work. Zusammenfassung This book! with its emphasis on Dryden as a poet - as opposed simply to topical commentator or controversialist - will prove an ideal introduction for students of his work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Dryden's verse; 2. Disappointment and promise: Dryden's early career; 3. Poems of controversy: Mac Flecknoe and Absalom and Achitophel; 4. New directions: religion and translation in the 1680s; 5. 'Studying Nature's Laws': the Juvenal and Virgil; 6. An improving writer to his last': the Fables; Notes' Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Hopkins
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.04.1986
• EAN: 9780521313797
• ISBN: 978-0-521-31379-7
• Pagine: 228
• Serie: London Mathematical Society St; British and Irish Authors
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general