Dryden's Final Poetic Mode: The Fables

by Cedric Reverand, John Dryden, Cedric D. Reverand II

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Two months before he died, Dryden published a collection of verse translations and original poetry, Fables Ancient and Modern, the work for which he was most admired throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cedric Reverand argues that Fables, which has for the most part escaped modern scrutiny, embodies a purposeful, subversive strategy, and constitutes a new poetic mode that emerged when the laureate, public spokesman...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812281217

ISBN13:9780812281217

Release Date:September 1988

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary

Length:254 Pages

Weight:1.18 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry

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