The Age of Dryden
Garnett
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It is remarkable how late his genius flowered, and how long he was in discovering his proper path.
Only one of his numerous plays, he tells us, was written to please himself.
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- PREFACE.Sample
- INTRODUCTION.
- Chapter I. JOHN DRYDEN AS A POET
- FOOTNOTES:
- Chapter II. POETS CONTEMPORARY WITH DRYDEN
- Chapter III. LYRIC POETRY
- FOOTNOTES:
- Chapter IV. DRYDEN AND THE RESTORATION DRAMA
- Chapter V. DRAMATIC POETS AND PLAYWRIGHTS
- FOOTNOTES:
- Chapter VI. THE LATER COMEDY OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- Chapter VII. CRITICISM
- Chapter VIII. PHILOSOPHY
- Chapter IX. WRITERS ON GOVERNMENT
- FOOTNOTES:
- Chapter X. HISTORIES AND MEMOIRS OF PUBLIC TRANSACTIONS
- Chapter XI. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY
- Chapter XII. DIVINITY
- FOOTNOTES:
- Chapter XIII. BUNYAN AND OTHER WRITERS OF FICTION
- Chapter XIV. ESSAYISTS AND LETTER WRITERS, LITERARY HISTORIANS
- Chapter XV. ANTIQUARIANS AND MEN OF SCIENCE
- FOOTNOTES:
- Chapter XVI. TRAVELLERS
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
- INDEX.