The Cambridge Companion to John Dryden

by Steven N. Zwicker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521824273
• ISBN13: 9780521824279
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"