John Dryden (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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If one follows the practice of literary historians and assigns John Milton to an earlier age, then John Dryden stands as the greatest literary artist in England between 1660 and 1700, a period sometimes designated the Age of Dryden. In addition to his achievements in poetry, he excelled in drama, translation, and literary criticism. Dryden wrote or coauthored twenty-seven plays over a period of nearly thirty-five years; among them were successfully produced tragedies, heroic plays,...

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