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The Just and the Lively: The Literary Critics
The Just and the Lively The Literary Critics Author:Michael Werth Gelber In The Just and the Lively, Michael Werth Gelber provides the first complete study of John Dryden's literary criticism since Dryden's death almost 300 years ago. Through a detailed reading of each of his essays, the book explains and illustrates the unity and the development of Dryden's thought. It demonstrates that, even as he based his ... more »first principles on his own poems and plays, Dryden tried to resolve what, since the early 16th century, had been a key problem in western literature: how to reconcile the demand of classical unity with the bewildering variety of Renaissance drama and romance.« less