John Dryden, the major works / edited by Keith Walker.

By: Dryden, John, 1631-1700 Contributor(s): Walker, Keith, 1936-Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003. Description: xviii, 967 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 0192840770Other title: Dryden, the major works [Spine title] | Major worksUniform titles: Works. DDC classification: 821.4 LOC classification: PR3412 | .W35 2003Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC To John Hoddesdon on his Divine epigrams -- Heroic stanzas -- To Sir Robert Howard -- Astraea Redux -- To his sacred majesty -- To Dr. Charleton -- Prologue to The rival ladies -- Annus mirabilis -- An essay of dramatic poetry -- Prologues to Secret love -- Prologue and epilogue to Sir Martin Mar-all -- Prologue to The wild gallant revived -- Prologue and epilogue to The tempest -- Prologue and epilogue to Tyrannic love -- Prologue to the first part of The conquest of Granada -- Epilogue to The second part of The conquest of Granada -- Prologue and epilogue to Aureng-Zebe -- Epilogue to The man of mode -- MacFlecknoe -- Heads of an answer to Rymer -- Prologue to Oedipus -- Preface to Ovid's epistles -- Canace to Macareus -- Dido to Aeneas -- Prologue to The Spanish friar -- Epilogue to Mithridates -- Absalom and Achitophel -- From the second part fo Absalom and Achitophel -- The medal Prologue to the duchess on her return from Scotland -- Religio laici -- Ovid's Elegies. Book II. The nineteenth elegy -- Prologue to The university of Oxford [What Greece] -- Epilogue to Oxford [Oft has our poet] -- Prologue to The University of Oxford [Through actors] -- Prologue spoken at the opening of The new house -- To the memory of Mr. Oldham -- Preface to Sylvae -- Nisus and Euryalus -- Translations from Lucretius: The beginning of the first book -- The beginning of the second book -- The latter part of th third book -- The fourth book -- From the fifth book -- Daphnis -- A new song -- Song [Go tell Amynta] -- The third ode of the first book of Horace -- The ninth ode of the first book of Horace -- The twenty-ninth ode of the third book of Horace -- The second epode of Horace -- To Sir George Etherege -- To Anne Killigrew -- To Henry Higden -- A song for St. Cecilia's day, 1687 -- Prologue to Don Sebastian -- Prologue to The mistakes -- The lady's song -- To Mr Southerne -- Eleonora: a paragyric poem -- The sixth satire of Juvenal -- The tenth satire of Persius -- The first book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Ovid's amours. Book I. Elegy 1 -- Ovid's Amours. Book I. Elegy 4 -- Ovid's Art of love, Book I -- The fable of Iphis and Ianthe -- The fable of Acis, Polyphemus, and Galatea -- A song to a fair young lady -- Prologue [Gallants, a bashful poet] -- Veni, creator spiritus -- Rondelay -- The last parting of Hector and Andromache -- To my dear friend Mr Congreve -- To Sir Godfrey Kneller -- An ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell -- Virgil 's Georgics: Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- Book IV -- Postscript to the reader appended to the Aeneid -- Alexander's feast -- To Mr Motteux -- Fables ancient and modern: Preface -- To her grace the duchess of Ormonde -- Palamon and Arcite -- To my honoured kinsman John Driden -- Meleager and Atalanta -- Sigismonda and Guiscardo -- Baucis and Philemon -- Pygmalion and the statue -- Cinyras and Myrrha -- The first book of Homer's Iliad -- The cock and the fox -- Theodore and Honoria -- Ceyx and Alcyone -- The flower and the leaf -- The twelfth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses -- The speeches of Ajax and Ulysses -- The wife of Bath's tale -- Of the Pythagorean philosophy -- The character of a good parson -- The monument fo a fair maiden lady -- Cymon and Iphigenia -- The secular masque -- A song [Fair, sweet, and young] -- Aesacus transformed into a cormorant.

Summary: This volume brings together a combination of Dryden's poetry and prose - all the major poems in full, literary criticism, and translations - to give the essence of his work and thinking.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	821.4 JOH 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		22809
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	821.4 JOH 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2	Not For Loan		22810

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Originally published in 1987

Includes bibliographical references.

TOC To John Hoddesdon on his Divine epigrams --
Heroic stanzas --
To Sir Robert Howard --
Astraea Redux --
To his sacred majesty --
To Dr. Charleton --
Prologue to The rival ladies --
Annus mirabilis --
An essay of dramatic poetry --
Prologues to Secret love --
Prologue and epilogue to Sir Martin Mar-all --
Prologue to The wild gallant revived --
Prologue and epilogue to The tempest --
Prologue and epilogue to Tyrannic love --
Prologue to the first part of The conquest of Granada --
Epilogue to The second part of The conquest of Granada --
Prologue and epilogue to Aureng-Zebe --
Epilogue to The man of mode --
MacFlecknoe --
Heads of an answer to Rymer --
Prologue to Oedipus --
Preface to Ovid's epistles --
Canace to Macareus --
Dido to Aeneas --
Prologue to The Spanish friar --
Epilogue to Mithridates --
Absalom and Achitophel --
From the second part fo Absalom and Achitophel --
The medal Prologue to the duchess on her return from Scotland --
Religio laici --
Ovid's Elegies. Book II. The nineteenth elegy --
Prologue to The university of Oxford [What Greece] --
Epilogue to Oxford [Oft has our poet] --
Prologue to The University of Oxford [Through actors] --
Prologue spoken at the opening of The new house --
To the memory of Mr. Oldham --
Preface to Sylvae --
Nisus and Euryalus --
Translations from Lucretius: The beginning of the first book --
The beginning of the second book --
The latter part of th third book --
The fourth book --
From the fifth book --
Daphnis --
A new song --
Song [Go tell Amynta] --
The third ode of the first book of Horace --
The ninth ode of the first book of Horace --
The twenty-ninth ode of the third book of Horace --
The second epode of Horace --
To Sir George Etherege --
To Anne Killigrew --
To Henry Higden --
A song for St. Cecilia's day, 1687 --
Prologue to Don Sebastian --
Prologue to The mistakes --
The lady's song --
To Mr Southerne --
Eleonora: a paragyric poem --
The sixth satire of Juvenal --
The tenth satire of Persius --
The first book of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Ovid's amours. Book I. Elegy 1 --
Ovid's Amours. Book I. Elegy 4 --
Ovid's Art of love, Book I --
The fable of Iphis and Ianthe --
The fable of Acis, Polyphemus, and Galatea --
A song to a fair young lady --
Prologue [Gallants, a bashful poet] --
Veni, creator spiritus --
Rondelay --
The last parting of Hector and Andromache --
To my dear friend Mr Congreve --
To Sir Godfrey Kneller --
An ode on the death of Mr Henry Purcell --
Virgil 's Georgics: Book I --
Book II --
Book III --
Book IV --
Postscript to the reader appended to the Aeneid --
Alexander's feast --
To Mr Motteux --
Fables ancient and modern: Preface --
To her grace the duchess of Ormonde --
Palamon and Arcite --
To my honoured kinsman John Driden --
Meleager and Atalanta --
Sigismonda and Guiscardo --
Baucis and Philemon --
Pygmalion and the statue --
Cinyras and Myrrha --
The first book of Homer's Iliad --
The cock and the fox --
Theodore and Honoria --
Ceyx and Alcyone --
The flower and the leaf --
The twelfth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses --
The speeches of Ajax and Ulysses --
The wife of Bath's tale --
Of the Pythagorean philosophy --
The character of a good parson --
The monument fo a fair maiden lady --
Cymon and Iphigenia --
The secular masque --
A song [Fair, sweet, and young] --
Aesacus transformed into a cormorant.

This volume brings together a combination of Dryden's poetry and prose - all the major poems in full, literary criticism, and translations - to give the essence of his work and thinking.

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