From Donne to Dryden: The Revolt Against Metaphysical Poetry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781469644820)

The intense and concentrated revolution in poetic taste in seventeenth-century England is traced from Donne's idiom--subtle, complex, and shot through with unconventional moods--to the idiom of Dryden, which follows the taste for clarity, harmony, and propriety. More than poetry is involved in this revolt. The cultural and intellectual forces of the century made a change in taste inevitable by altering man's way of looking at himself and his world.

Originally published in 1940.

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Author: Robert Lathrop Sharp
ISBN-10: 1469644827
ISBN-13: 9781469644820
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2018
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d