Dryden : Selected Poems

by Hammond, Paul; Hopkins, David

• ISBN13: 9781405835732
• ISBN10: 1405835737
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-12
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Dryden's genius is unveiled through the extensive annotations in this celebrated edition of his work. Incorporates substantial explanatory annotation to the poems, comprising explanations of contemporary references and literary allusions Provides a carefully modernised text of the poems Compiled by an experienced author team

Author Biography

Paul Hammond is Professor of English at the University of Leeds. A world-renowned expert on Dryden, he co-edited the LAEP Poems of John Dryden (5 Vols) with David Hopkins, Professor of English at the University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

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Heroic Stanzas	p. 5
Astraea	p. 7
Annus Mirabilis	p. 18
Mac Flecknoe	p. 42
Absalom and Achitophel	p. 67
The Medal	p. 69
Religio Laici	p. 74
To the Earl of Roscommon	p. 87
To the Memory of Mr Oldham	p. 89
Lucretius: Against the Fear of Death	p. 96
Lucretius: Concerning the Nature of Love	p. 97
Horace: Odes I ix	p. 103
Horace: Odes III xxix	p. 104
Horace: Epode II	p. 105
To the Memory of Anne Killigrew	p. 111
The Hind and the Panther	p. 114
A Song for St Cecilia's Day	p. 115
The Tenth Satire of Juvenal	p. 137
To Mr Congreve	p. 153
Alexander's Feast	p. 158
Palamon and Arcite	p. 165
Sigismonda and Guiscardo	p. 168
Baucis and Philemon	p. 169
Cinyras and Myrrha	p. 171
The First Book of Homer's Ilias	p. 172
The Cock and the Fox	p. 173
The Secular Masque	p. 183
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