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Showing posts with label Dryden. Show all posts

00177--What is Matthew Arnold’s estimate of Dryden and Pope? [Robert Burns/Thomas Gray/Chaucer]

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“Dryden and Pope are not classics of our poetry; they are classics of our prose.”  This is how Arnold evaluates Dryden and Pope.  H...

00165--Comment on "Preface to the Fables" by John Dryden.

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Historically, the Age of Dryden is called the Restoration Age .  Charles Ι was executed by Cromwell in 1649.  From 1649 to 1660 there was...

00074--Describe general characteristics of the literary criticism of 18th century.

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            Crticism in the early 18 th century does not differ substantially from Restoration criticism, except that Neo-classicism grows...

00046--How does Dryden answer the criticism against his writings by Melbourne and Blackmore?

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            Melbourne and Blackmore wrote rudely and insultingly against Dryden.  Towards the end of his 'preface' he refer...

00045--Why did Dryden undertake the translation of the works of Chaucer and Boccaccio?

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            Dryden translated some of Ovid's tales and found that there were many things common between Ovid and Chaucer.  Chauce...

00044--How does Dryden Compare himself with a builder?

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            Dryden begins his "Preface to the Fables” by comparing himself with a man who intends to construct a building.  Th...

00043--What are Dryden's views on Satire as a literary form?

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            By 'Satire' we mean a specific from of composition in verse or prose designed to ridicule a particular person or ...

00042--What is the true function of poetry according to Dryden? [Poetry/true function/Dryden's concept of poetry/end of poetry/to delight]

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            There has been a grate controversy amongst literary critics, poets and scholars on the true function of poetry ever since Plat...

00041--Discuss the views of Dryden on the use of rhyming verse in drama.

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            Dryden refutes the contention that rhyming verse is proper for the drama on the stage.  The central point of his argu...

00034—How does Neander (a character in Dryden’s 'Essay of Dramatic Poesy') or Dryden himself defend English dramatists and plead for freedom from rigorous classical principles and practices?

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Dryden in the person of Neander rises up in defence of English Dramatists and strongly pleads that English dramatists are fully justif...

00033—How does Eugenius (a character in Dryden’s 'Essay of Dramatic Poesy') defend the English dramatists of the last age?

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Eugenius defends the English dramatists of the last age with a highly penetrating insight.  It is true, that the ancient Greek and Roman...

00032— On what grounds does Crites (a character in Dryden’s 'Essay of Dramatic Poesy') defend the ancient Greek and Roman poets and dramatists?

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Crites begins defending the ancient Greek and Roman poets and dramatists by observing at the very outset that “it is our greatest prai...

00031—Discuss the plan of Dryden's essay on dramatic poesy.

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                                                                      Dryden developed a very ingenious plan for writing his Essay of Dr...

00030— Why is Dryden called “the Father of English Criticism?”

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                      Dr.Johnson called Dryden “the father of English Criticism who first taught us to determine upon principles the mer...