The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)

About this book

John Dryden (1631-1700) was the leading writer of his day and a major cultural spokesman following the restoration of Charles II in 1660. His work includes political poems satire religious apologias translations critical essays and plays. This authoritative edition brings together a unique combination of Drydens poetry and prose--all the major poems in full literary criticism and translations--to give the essence of his work and thinking. The collection includes the poems MacFlecknoe and Absalom and Achitophel as well as Drydens classical translations; his versions of Homer Horace and Ovid are reproduced in full. There are also substantial selections from Drydens Virgil Juvenal and other classical writers. Fables Ancient and Modern taken from Chaucer Ovid Boccaccio and Homer his last and possibly greatest work also appears in full.