Literary Transmission and Authority
Dryden defined himself as a writer in relation to other writers, and in doing so was something of a pioneer professional man of letters. This book looks at Dryden's literary relationships with Ben Jonson and with French authors (notably Corneille); at issues raised by the work thought to be his greatest by Romantic and contemporary readers, Fables Ancient and Modern; and at Samuel Johnson's Life of Dryden. This book has implications for questions of literary reception, influence and intertextuality, as well as for the reputation and context of Dryden himself.
- A reassessment of Dryden in the light of his relationships with predecessors and his reception amonst successors
- Engages with currently fashionable influence/reception studies and intertextuality
- Earl Miner is a very senior name in the field, with dozens of books to his name
Product details
July 1993Hardback
9780521441117
176 pages
229 × 152 × 14 mm
0.43kg
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Table of Contents
- Contributing authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: borrowed plumage, varied plumage Earl Miner
- 1. Dryden and negotiations of literary succession and precession Jennifer Brady
- 2. Onely victory in him: the imperial Dryden David B. Kramer
- 3. Ovid reformed: issues of Ovid, fables, morals and the second epic in Fables Ancient and Modern Earl Miner
- 4. Another and the Same: Johnson's Dryden Greg Clingham
- Index.