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Author Armistead, J. M.

Title Otherworldly John Dryden : Occult Rhetoric in His Poems and Plays.

Publication Info. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (198 pages)
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Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Early Poems, 1649-63; 2 The American Plays, 1664-65; 3 Annus Mirabilis and The Tempest, 1667; 4 Tyrannick Love and The Conquest of Granada, 1669-71; 5 The State of Innocence, Aureng-Zebe, and the Limits of Poetic Vision, 1674-77; 6 All for Love, 1677; 7 Oedipus, Troilus and Cressida, and The Spanish Fryar, 1678-80; 8 Absalom and Achitophel, The Medall, The Duke of Guise, and Albion and Albanius, 1681-85; 9 Later Public Poems, Elegies, and Poems about Art, 1685-96; 10 King Arthur, 1691; Conclusion: The Secular Masque, 1700.
Note Works CitedIndex.
Summary Reminding readers of John Dryden's persistent use of occult rhetoric, Armistead argues that Dryden's otherworldliness involves more than Christian apologetics, biblical typology, or intermittent borrowings from the supernatural materials in classical literature. Otherworldly John Dryden engages with a wide range of the writer's poetry and plays, enhancing our understanding of Dryden's works and tracing the writer's attitudes about Providence and the ability of the poet to perceive a hidden design in earthly events.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Dryden, John, 1631-1700 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
Criticism and interpretation.
Occultism in literature.
Occultism in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Armistead, Jack M. Otherworldly John Dryden : Occult Rhetoric in His Poems and Plays. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2014 9781472424976
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