John Dryden
John Dryden (9 August 1631 – 1 May 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." He was made Poet Laureate in 1668.
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John Dryden - Select Bibliography
... Editions The Works of John Dryden, 20 vols ... (Berkeley and Los Angeles University of California Press, 1956–2002) John Dryden The Major Works, ed ... Oxford University Press, 1987) The Works of John Dryden, ed ...
... Editions The Works of John Dryden, 20 vols ... (Berkeley and Los Angeles University of California Press, 1956–2002) John Dryden The Major Works, ed ... Oxford University Press, 1987) The Works of John Dryden, ed ...
17th Century In Literature - New Books and Plays
... Sidney and others Old Fortunatus - Thomas Dekker The Spanish Moor's Tragedy - Thomas Dekker, John Marston, and William Haughton 1601 Twelfth Night, or ... Cymbeline by William Shakespeare The Faithful Shepherdess (play) - John Fletcher 1611 Fuente Ovejuna (play) - Lope de Vega The Authorized Version (King James version) of the Bible The Tempest by ... by Pierre du Ryer 1644 Principles of Philosophy - René Descartes Areopagitica by John Milton 1646 Andronicus or the Unfortunate Politician - Thomas Fuller Pseudodoxia ...
... Sidney and others Old Fortunatus - Thomas Dekker The Spanish Moor's Tragedy - Thomas Dekker, John Marston, and William Haughton 1601 Twelfth Night, or ... Cymbeline by William Shakespeare The Faithful Shepherdess (play) - John Fletcher 1611 Fuente Ovejuna (play) - Lope de Vega The Authorized Version (King James version) of the Bible The Tempest by ... by Pierre du Ryer 1644 Principles of Philosophy - René Descartes Areopagitica by John Milton 1646 Andronicus or the Unfortunate Politician - Thomas Fuller Pseudodoxia ...
John Oldham (poet) - Life and Work
... Oldham was born in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, the son of John Oldham, a non-conformist minister, and grandson of John Oldham the staunch anti-papist ... Oldham settled in London and was introduced to John Dryden, with whom he became close friends ... John Dryden wrote an elegy on his death ...
... Oldham was born in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, the son of John Oldham, a non-conformist minister, and grandson of John Oldham the staunch anti-papist ... Oldham settled in London and was introduced to John Dryden, with whom he became close friends ... John Dryden wrote an elegy on his death ...
John Dryden (disambiguation)
... John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright ... John Dryden may also refer to John C ... Dryden (1893–1952), politician John Dryden (footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player John Dryden (MLA) (1840–1909), farmer and politician John Dryden Kuser (1897–1964), New Jersey ...
... John Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright ... John Dryden may also refer to John C ... Dryden (1893–1952), politician John Dryden (footballer), New Zealand international football (soccer) player John Dryden (MLA) (1840–1909), farmer and politician John Dryden Kuser (1897–1964), New Jersey ...
English Literature - Early Modern Period: 1486-1800 - The Caroline, Interregnum and Restoration Periods (1625-1689)
... The Metaphysical poets John Donne (1572–1631) and George Herbert (1593–1633 were still alive after 1625, and later in the 17th century a second generation of ... the Cavalier poets are Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, Thomas Carew, and Sir John Suckling ... theatres from Jeremy Collier, the pioneering of literary criticism from Dryden, and the first newspapers ...
... The Metaphysical poets John Donne (1572–1631) and George Herbert (1593–1633 were still alive after 1625, and later in the 17th century a second generation of ... the Cavalier poets are Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, Thomas Carew, and Sir John Suckling ... theatres from Jeremy Collier, the pioneering of literary criticism from Dryden, and the first newspapers ...
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“Men are but children of a larger growth,
Our appetites as apt to change as theirs,
And full as craving too, and full as vain.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)
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