Works of John Dryden

Poems, 1681-1684

John Dryden, H. T. Swedenburg

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780520905238
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: English Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

This volume contains the poems of Dryden extending from 1681 to 1684. Along with the poems of Dryden and associated extensive commentaries and textual notes from the editors, this volume contains the dramatic prologues and epilogues Dryden wrote for the plays of other writers from this period of time. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.
This volume contains the poems of Dryden extending from 1681 to 1684. Along with the poems of Dryden and associated extensive commentaries and textual notes from the editors, this volume contains the dramatic prologues and epilogues Dryden wrote for the p

Table of contents

• Cover
• Preface
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem
• The Medall. A Satyre against Sedition
• Mac Flecknoe
• The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem
• Religio Laid or A Laymans Faith. A Poem
• The Art of Poetry, Written in French by the Sieur de Boileau, Made English
• Contributions to Miscellany Poems
• To the Earl of Roscomon, on his Excellent Essay on Translated Verse
• To the Memory of Mr. Oldham
• Prologues and Epilogues 1681-1684
• Commentary
• Textual Notes
• Appendixes
• Index to the Commentary