Dryden and the problem of freedom

Description:

In this revisionary study of Dryden's thought, David Haley argues that Dryden was the first English poet after Shakespeare to engage in historical reflection upon his own culture. Addressing an audience for whom literature was bound up with religion and politics, Dryden exercised the moral integrity of a public poet and brought home to his readers the meaning of their historical experience.

subjects: English Political poetry,  History,  History and criticism,  Liberty in literature,  Political and social views,  Political poetry, English,  Politics and government,  Politics and literature,  Republicanism in literature,  Dryden, john, 1631-1700,  Great britain, politics and government, 1603-1714,  Political poetry, history and criticism

People: John Dryden (1631-1700)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 1649-1660,  1660-1688,  17th century