Which John Dryden should be brought into the
twenty-first-century college classroom? The rehabilitator of the
ancients? The first of the moderns? The ambivalent laureate? The
sidelined convert to Rome? The literary theorist? The translator?
The playwright? The poet? This volume in the MLA series Approaches
to Teaching World Literature addresses the tensions,
contradictions, and versatility of a writer who, in the words of
Samuel Johnson, "found English poetry] brick, and left it marble,"
who was, in the words of Walter Scott, "one of the greatest of our
masters."
Part 1, "Materials," offers a guide to the teaching editions of
Dryden's work and a discussion of the background resources, from
biographies and literary criticism to social, cultural, political,
and art histories. In part 2, "Approaches," essays describe
different pedagogical entries into Dryden and his time. These
approaches cover subjects as various as genre, adaptation, literary
rivalry, musical setting, and political and religious poetry in
classroom situations that range from the traditional survey to
learning through performance.
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