Literary Transmission and Authority

by Earl Roy Miner

Dryden defined himself as a writer in relation to other writers, and in doing so was something of a pioneer professional man of letters. This book looks at Dryden's literary relationships with Ben Jonson and with French authors (notably Corneille); at issues raised by the work thought to be his greatest by Romantic and contemporary readers, Fables Ancient and Modern; and at Samuel Johnson's Life of Dryden. This book has implications for questions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521441110
• ISBN13: 9780521441117
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"