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This volume is designed to celebrate and re-assess the work of John Dryden (1631-1700) in the tercentenary year of his death. It assembles specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars who address Dryden's political writing, drama, and translations, his literary collaborations, contemporary reputation, and posthumous reception.
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David Hopkins is also a contributor to France, ed., Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation (Feb. 2000)
Review
`a splendid celebration. Highly recommended.'
G.R.Wasserman, Choice, April 2001
`as Hammond writes in an introductory essay to this commemorative volume, Dryden wrote not only for his age, but for all time. To appreciate the classic Dryden, then, modern readers need to be aware of the past and present worlds evoked in his works, and also of their reception both by his
contemporary and later readers. The 12 thoughtfully commissioned essays presented here provide convincing proof of Hammond's claim.'
Choice, Vol. 38, No. 8, April 2001
`Three hundred years after his death Dryden has been well served by those scholars devoted to his works.'
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- PublisherClarendon Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0198186444
- ISBN 13 9780198186441
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages429
- EditorHammond Paul, Hopkins David
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