{"product_id":"dryden-the-public-writer-16601685-9780691616490","title":"Dryden the Public Writer 16601685","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis reinterpretation of Dryden's life and works shows how his writings were influenced by important contemporaries, the power struggles of Restoration politics, and the friendships and rivalries of society. Professor McFadden sees Dryden's poems, plays, and essays as forms of address immediately related to the historical moment and the patron or d\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Books and Periodicals Frequently Cited, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*ONE. Dryden's Early Attitudes toward Politics and the Heroic, pg. 23*Two. The Controversy with Sir Robert Howard, pg. 59*THREE. Dryden and His Betters, pg. 88*FOUR. Dryden among the Courtiers, pg. 111*FIVE. Among the Wits, pg. 139*Six. Aureng-Zebe: The Character of a Loyal Successor, pg. 183*SEVEN. On Stage: Sophocles, Shakespeare, the Popish Plot, pg. 203*EIGHT. Absalom and Achitophel, pg. 227*NINE. The Augustan Interlude (1683-1684), pg. 265*Index, pg. 301","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403965800791,"sku":"9780691616490","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dryden-the-public-writer-16601685-9780691616490","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}