The Major Works bookcover
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Description

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, MacFlecknoe and Absalom and Achitophel as 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, Ancient and Modern, taken from Chaucer, Ovid, Boccaccio, and Homer, his last and possibly greatest work, also appears in full.

Product Details

PublisherOxford University Press, USA
Publish DateApril 03, 2003
Pages992
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780192840776
Dimensions7.9 X 5.0 X 1.8 inches | 1.4 pounds

About the Author

Keith Walker has edited editions of the poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, and Andrew Marvell.

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