1668 DRYDEN
1ed Essay of Dramatick Poesie English DRAMA Shakespeare Poetry RARE
John Dryden was a 17th-century English
poet who was known as England’s very first Poet Laureate and would lead England
into a literary period that would become known as the Age of Dryden. He also
established standard forms of English poetry though his satires, fables,
epigrams, poems, and plays.
‘Essay of Dramatick Poesie’ was Dryden’s attempt to compare English
Drama with traditional Spanish and French poetry. The work was written in a
curious form – a dialogue between four friends called Eugenius, Crites,
Lisideius, and Neander who discuss three central themes:
·
Classical vs. modern
drama
·
French drama vs.
English plays
·
The use of rhyme
scheme in drama
Dryden uses these personas to define English drama and the role that
playwrights play in the development and evolution of dramas. It is worth noting
that William Shakespeare is discussed numerous times throughout this work.
Item number: #24820
Price: $1500
DRYDEN, John
Dramatick poesie, an essay
London: Printed [by Thomas Newcombe] for Henry Herringman, 1668. First
edition.
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
o
[8], 72
· Language:
English
· Binding: Vellum;
tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 6.5in (22cm x 16.5cm)
· Rare and desirable
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