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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521205395
ISBN-139780521205399
eBay Product ID (ePID)1598338
Product Key Features
Number of Pages233 Pages
Publication NameDryden's Classical Theory of Literature
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPoetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year1975
TypeTextbook
AuthorEdward Pechter
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight14.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN74-008036
Dewey Edition18
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal801/.95/0924
Table Of ContentPreface; Introduction; Part I. Structure: 1. The structure of Dryden's theory; 2. The argument of Dryden's 'essay'; 3. Classicism and Dryden; Part II. Context: 4. Corneille and the question of cultural influence; 5. Dryden, old and new; 6. Theory and practice; Conclusion: Dryden's variety and classicism; List of abbreviations; Notes; Index.
SynopsisProfessor Pechter's book attempts to describe the consistent structure, of both style and method, within which Dryden examines, orders and evaluates literary experience. This mode permits Dryden to recognise the real differences between French and English drama, Virgilian and Ovidian style, judgement and fancy without either merging their differences into some grand synthesis or transforming them into mutually exclusive antitheses., Professor Pechter's book attempts to describe the consistent structure, of both style and method, within which Dryden examines, orders and evaluates literary experience. This mode permits Dryden to recognise the real differences between French and English drama, Virgilian and Ovidian style, judgement and fancy (to take some of the more familiar from among Dryden's typical conjunctive pairs), without either merging their differences into some grand synthesis or transforming them into mutually exclusive antitheses. Dryden's is above all a comprehensive theory of literature which aims at responding to a broad range of various literary styles, genres, faculties and effects. Dryden's balance is classical, the poise of the golden mean, and Professor Pechter endeavours to give fresh life to 'classical' as an epithet often previously applied to Dryden. Ranging among writers in ancient Greece and Rome and among Dryden's contemporaries in England and France, the author outlines a rich literary tradition within which Dryden's criticism is more easily appreciated and better understood.
LC Classification NumberPR3424 .P4
