Otherworldly John Dryden: Occult Rhetoric in His Poems and Plays

Otherworldly John Dryden: Occult Rhetoric in His Poems and Plays
ISBN-10
1472424972
ISBN-13
9781472424976
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
190
Language
English
Published
2014-04-28
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Author
Jack M. Armistead

Description

Reminding readers of John Dryden’s persistent use of occult rhetoric, Armistead argues that Dryden’s otherworldliness involves more than Christian apologetics, biblical typology, or intermittent borrowings from the supernatural materials in classical literature. Otherworldly John Dryden engages with a wide range of the writer’s poetry and plays, enhancing our understanding of Dryden’s works and tracing the writer’s attitudes about Providence and the ability of the poet to perceive a hidden design in earthly events.

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