Works of John Dryden, Volume XIX: Prose: The Life of St. Francis Xavier Volume 19

John Dryden

ISBN 10: 0520021320 / ISBN 13: 9780520021327

Published by University of California Press July 1979, 1979

About this Item

used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. some discoloration from age/handling. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Works of John Dryden, Volume XIX: Prose: The Life of St. Francis Xavier Volume 19
• Publisher: University of California Press July 1979
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520021320
• ISBN 13: 9780520021327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: VG
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • poetry

About this title

Synopsis

This volume contains Dryden's 1688 translation of Dominiques Bouhours "The Life of St. Francis Xavier," a sixteenth century Jesuit and missionary to the Far East.

About the Author

John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.  Vinton A. Dearing was Professor of English and Computer Applications in Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles.  Alan Roper is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.