John Dryden

by Dryden, John; Walker, Keith

• ISBN13: 9780192541925
• ISBN10: 0192541927
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1987-03-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This selection of Dryden's works is drawn from the full range of his poetry and prose and is arranged chronologically. Individual works, such as the famous satires MacFlecknoe and Absalom and Achitophel appear in their entirety. A number of Dryden's translations are also represented, including his full versions of Homer, Horace, and Ovid, and substantial selections from his translations of Virgil, Juvenal, and other classical writers. Keith Walker has provided a modernized text of the first editions with commentary on classical and contemporary references for the modern reader.

Table of Contents

Absalom And Achitophel Aesacus Transformed Into A Cormorant (Metamorphoses: 11)

Against The Fear Of Death

Baucis And Philemon Ceyx And Alcyone

Cinyras And Myrrha

The Cock And The Fox, Or The Tale Of The Nun's Priest

The Death Of Ajax (from Metamorphoses: 10)

The Fable Of Acis, Polyphemus, And Galatea

The Fable Of Iphis And Ianthe In Saturn's Reign

The Lady's Song Macflecknoe; Or, A Satire Upon

The True-blue-protestant

Poet Meleager And Atalanta Metamorphoses (first Book)

Metamorphoses, The Twelfth Book Ninth Ode Of The First Book

Nisus And Euryalus (trans. Frm 5th & 9th Bks Aeneid/virgil) Of The Pythagorean

Philosophy (metamorphoses: 15), Sels

On The Death Of Mr. Purcell

Pygmalion And The Statue Sigismonda And Guiscardo

A Song For St. Cecilia's

Day The Speeches Of Ajax And Ulysses

To My Dear Friend, Mr. Congreve

On His Comedy To The Memory Of Mr. Oldham

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