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Literary Transmission and Authority

Literary Transmission and Authority

Literary Transmission and Authority

Dryden and Other Writers
Earl Miner
Jennifer Brady
July 1993
Available
Hardback
9780521441117

    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 1993
    Hardback
    9780521441117
    176 pages
    229 × 152 × 14 mm
    0.43kg
    Available

    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.
      Contributors
    • Earl Miner, Jennifer Brady, David B. Kramer, Greg Clingham

    • Editors
    • Earl Miner
    • Jennifer Brady