Literary Transmission and Authority: Dryden and Other Writers

Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought

by Earl Miner (Editor), Jennifer Brady (Editor)

Dryden defined himself as a writer in relation to other writers, and in doing so was something of a pioneer professional man of letters. This book looks at Dryden's literary relationships with Ben Jonson and with French authors (notably Corneille); at issues raised by the work thought to be his greatest by Romantic and contemporary readers, Fables Ancient and Modern; and at Samuel Johnson's Life of Dryden. This book has implications for questions of literary reception, influence and intertextuality, as well as for the reputation and context of Dryden himself.

176 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 1993