Preface To The Fables – John Dryden

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NUMBER OF PAGES-168

Edited with: General Introduction, Special Introduction, Text With Paraphrase ,Detailed Summary Of the Text, Explanatory Notes, Explanation of important Passages, Critical Opinions, Important Explanations, Questions And Answers,Etc.

General Introduction

The Age of Dryden

The Life and Works of John Dryden

Dryden’s Character and Personality

A Chronology of Main Events

Dryden’s Literary Output

Dryden as a Poet

Dryden as a Satirist

Dryden as a Dramatist

Dryden as a Critic

Johnson’s Appraisal of Dryden

Dryden’s Limitations as a Critic

Special Introduction

Introduction to Dryden’s Fables

The Contents of the Fables

The Background to the Fables

Dryden’s View of Translation

Dryden’s Prefaces: Their Value as Literary Criticism

A Critique of Dryden’s ‘Preface to The Fables’

Detailed Summary

Text of ‘Preface to the Fables’

Mythological and Historical Allusions

Select Critical Opinions

Explanatory Notes

Explanations of Important Passages

Select Literary Criticism

Questions and Answers