Dryden's Final Poetic Mode: The FablesUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 11.11.2016 - 254 sivua 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 for king and country, lost his official post and became an outcast, a minority voice. |
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Chapter Two THE ANTIHEROIC FABLES | 11 |
Chapter Three PARTIAL IDEALS | 46 |
Chapter Four THE CHRISTIAN IDEAL | 71 |
Chapter Five TURNING POINTS | 101 |
Chapter Six PHILOSOPHIES OF CHANGE | 150 |
Chapter Seven THE OLD POET AND THE NEW POETIC MODE | 190 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 227 |
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