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Dryden and the problem of freedom : the republican aftermath, 1649-1680 /
In this revisionary study of Dryden's thought, David Haley argues that Dryden was the first English poet after Shakespeare to engage in historical reflection upon his own culture. Addressing an audience for whom literature was bound up with religion and politics, Dryden exercised the moral inte...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[1997]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this revisionary study of Dryden's thought, David Haley argues that Dryden was the first English poet after Shakespeare to engage in historical reflection upon his own culture. Addressing an audience for whom literature was bound up with religion and politics, Dryden exercised the moral integrity of a public poet and brought home to his readers the meaning of their historical experience. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 285 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-275) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300146240 0300146248 |