{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-john-dryden-paperback-9780521531443","title":"The Cambridge Companion to John Dryden (Paperback) 9780521531443","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to John Dryden\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Companion provides a fresh look at Dryden's work in the context of his time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven N. Zwicker (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521531443, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 20 May 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 2.1 cm, 0.508 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The contributions in this collection are learned, generally well written and diverse and give readers the latest thinking on Dryden and his works … prove invaluable to students … This collection of seventeen essays gives readers the latest thinking on him and his works.' Contemporary Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJohn Dryden, Poet Laureate to Charles II and James II, was one of the great literary figures of the late seventeenth century. This Companion provides a fresh look at Dryden's tactics and triumphs in negotiating the extraordinary political and cultural revolutions of his time. The newly commissioned essays introduce readers to the full range of his work as a poet, as a writer of innovative plays and operas, as a purveyor of contemporary notions of empire, and most of all as a man intimate with the opportunities of aristocratic patronage as well as the emerging market for literary gossip, slander and polemic. Dryden's works are examined in the context of seventeenth-century politics, publishing and ideas of authorship. A valuable resource for students and scholars, the Companion includes a full chronology of Dryden's life and times and a detailed guide to further reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Pleasures of the Imagination: 1. Composing a literary life: introduction Steven N. Zwicker\u003cbr\u003e 2. Dryden and the theatrical imagination Stuart Sherman\u003cbr\u003e 3. Dryden and the energies of satire Ronald Paulson\u003cbr\u003e 4. Dryden and the imperial imagination Laura Brown\u003cbr\u003e 5. Dryden and the invention of Augustan culture Paul Davis\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dryden's triplets Christopher Ricks\u003cbr\u003e Part II. A Literary Life in Restoration England: 7. Dryden's London Harold Love\u003cbr\u003e 8. Dryden's theatre and the passions of politics Paulina Kewes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Dryden's anonymity John Mullan\u003cbr\u003e 10. Dryden and the modes of restoration sociability Katsuhiro Engetsu\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 11. Dryden and patronage John Barnard\u003cbr\u003e 12. Dryden and political allegiance Annabel Patterson\u003cbr\u003e 13. The piety of John Dryden John Spurr\u003cbr\u003e 14. Dryden's 'Fables' and the judgment of art Anne Cotterill\u003cbr\u003e 15. Dryden and the problem of literary modernity: epilogue Steven N. Zwicker.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003289194776,"sku":"9780521531443","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521531443i_4d84fbee-0203-4151-935c-668986a8aace.jpg?v=1691369051","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-john-dryden-paperback-9780521531443","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}