John Dryden (Poet to Poet) - Softcover

Dryden, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571214789 ISBN 13: 9780571214785

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2004

Synopsis

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their introductions, the selectors offer a passionate and accessible introduction to some of the greatest poets in history.

John Dryden (1631-1700) was educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University and became the leading literary figure of the Restoration period. Poet, playwright, polemicist and critic, Dryden became Poet Laureate in 1668 and Historiographer Royal in 1670. He concluded his vast output with Fables Ancient and Modern (1700).

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Synopsis

In the "Poet to Poet" series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and their critical reactions, the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here, Charles Tomlinson selects John Dryden. John Dryden (1631-1700), was educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University and became the leading literary figure of the Restoration period. Poet, playwright, polemicist and critic, Dryden became Poet Laureate in 1668 and Historiographer Royal in 1670. He concluded his vast output with "Fables Ancient and Modern" (1700). Charles Tomlinson was born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1927, studied at Queen's College, Cambridge and taught at the University of Bristol from 1957. His first volume of poems "Relations and Contraries", was published in 1951, and has been followed by numerous works, gathered in his "Collected Poems" of 1985. "The Vineyard above the Sea" (2002), is his most recent collection.

About the Author

John Dryden (1631-1700) was educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University and became the leading literary figure of the Restoration period. Poet, playwright, polemicist and critic, Dryden became Poet Laureate in 1669 and Historiographer Royal in 1670. He concluded his vast output with Fables Ancient and Modern (1700).

Charles Tomlinson was born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1927, studied at Queen's College, Cambridge, and taught at the University of Bristol from 1957, where he became professor of English Literature in 1982. His first volume of poems, Relations and Contraries, was published in 1951, and has been followed by numerous works, gathered most recently in New Collected Poems (2009).

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0571214789
• ISBN 13: 9780571214785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Tomlinson Charles