Jan 5, 2010

Of Dramatic Poesie | Of Dramatic Poesie

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Author: John Dryden
First Published: 1668
Type of Work: Literary criticism
Principal Characters: Crites, Eugenius, Lisideius, Neander
Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
Subjects: France or French people, Literature, Seventeenth century, Criticism, Battles, Guns, Royal courts or courtiers, Navies

John Dryden’s Of Dramatic Poesie: An Essay (also known as An Essay of Dramatic Poesy) is an exposition of several of the major critical positions of the time, set out in a semidramatic form that gives life to the abstract theories. Of Dramatic Poesie not only offers readers a capsule summary of the status of literary criticism in the late seventeenth century; it also provides them a succinct view of the tastes of cultured men and women of the period. Dryden synthesizes the best of both English and Continental (particularly French) criticism; hence, the essay is a...

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Of Dramatic Poesie | Of Dramatic Poesie

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