The Poems of John Dryden: Volume Three: 1686-1696 / Edition 1

by Paul Hammond, David Hopkins

Overview

John Dryden was the greatest writer of Restoration England. This third volume in the five-volume edition of Dryden's poems results from a complete reappraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The modernised text has been prepared from a fresh examination of the early printed editions and takes account of the large number of manuscript copies which survived. This volume cover the poems which Dryden published between 1686-1693. Throughout the volume Dryden's language is glossed in unprecedented detail, revealing the poetic precision of his vocabulary. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582084094
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/10/2000
Series:	Longman Annotated English Poets
Pages:	492
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paul Hammond, David Hopkins

Table of Contents

The Poems of John Dryden: Volume Three: 1686-1696

Editorial Reviews

"Drydenian scholarship flourishes, and its crowning glories are the five volumes of the Poems edited by Paul Hammond and David Hopkins … [the footnotes} are a work of great editorial tact, and they not only satiate, but stimulate, one’s curiosity."

Matthew Reynolds, London Review of Books, July 2007

'These volumes are enormous achievements, full of implication for our understanding of Dryden's poetry, and wonderful examples of the art of scholary editing.'

David Womersley, Notes and Queries.

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