The Cambridge companion to John Dryden/ edited by Steven N. Zwicker. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. - xiv, 300 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge companions to literature. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-289) and index.

Part I : Pleasures of the imagination
1. Composing a literary life: introduction
STEVEN N. ZWICKER

2. Dryden and the theatrical imagination
STUART SHERMAN

3. Dryden and the energies of satire
RONALD PAULSON

4. Dryden and the imperial imagination
LAURA BROWN

5. Dryden and the invention of Augustan culture
PAUL DAVIS

6. Dryden's triplets
CHRISTOPHER RICKS

Part 2: A literary life in Restoration England
7. Dryden's London
HAROLD LOVE

8. Dryden's theatre and the passions of politics
PAULINA KEWES

9. Dryden's anonymity
JOHN MULLAN

10. Dryden and the modes of Restoration sociability
KATSUHIRO ENGETSU

Part 3: Courting and complying with danger
11. Dryden and patronage
JOHN BARNARD

12. Dryden and political allegiance
ANNABEL PATTERSON

13. The piety of John Dryden
JOHN SPURR

14. Dryden's Fables and the judgment of art
ANNE COTTERILL

15. Dryden and the problem of literary modernity: epilogue
STEVEN N. ZWICKER

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Literature and society
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Dryden, John, 1631-1700

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