Dryden and Enthusiasm: Literature, Religion, and Politics in Restoration England
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In Dryden's writing, enthusiasm is a source of literary authority. It signals divinely inspired literary creativity. It is central to Dryden's theoretical defences of the relationship between literature and the passions. It is also crucial to his poetic practice in a variety of genres, from odes to religious poems to translations. Enthusiasm, for Dryden, ultimately enables literature to break into regions of knowledge beyond rational human comprehension...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198816405
ISBN13:9780198816409
Release Date:April 2018
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:212 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 0.2" x 8.5"
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