جان درایدن ماورایی: بلاغت خفی در اشعار و نمایشنامه‌های او

Reminding readers of John DrydenOCOs persistent use of occult rhetoric, Armistead argues that DrydenOCOs otherworldliness involves more than Christian apologetics, biblical typology, or intermittent borrowings from the supernatural materials in classical literature. Otherworldly John Dryden engages with a wide range of the writerOCOs poetry and plays, enhancing our understanding of DrydenOCOs works and tracing the writerOCOs attitudes about Providence and the ability of the poet to perceive a hidden design in earthly events." Reminding readers of John Dryden's persistent use of occult rhetoric, Jack M. Armistead argues that Dryden's otherworldliness involves more than Christian apologetics, biblical typology, or intermittent borrowings from the supernatural materials in classical literature. Rather, it manifests throughout his career in occult materials drawn from many traditions, including but going well beyond the standard classical and Christian ones. As Armistead shows, Dryden's practice of juxtaposing pre- and post-scientific treatments of such occult topics as alchemy, astrology, and demonology pervades many of his poems and plays. In its engagement with works such as The Indian Queen, Annus Mirabilis, All for Love, and Absalom and Achitophel, among many others, Otherworldly John Dryden not only enhances our understanding of Dryden's works, but also tracks the writer's attitudes about Providence and the ability of the poet to perceive a hidden design in earthly events. Cover Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Early Poems, 1649–63 2 The American Plays, 1664–65 3 Annus Mirabilis and The Tempest, 1667 4 Tyrannick Love and The Conquest of Granada, 1669–71 5 The State of Innocence, Aureng-Zebe, and the Limits of Poetic Vision, 1674–77 6 All for Love, 1677 7 Oedipus, Troilus and Cressida, and The Spanish Fryar, 1678–80 8 Absalom and Achitophel, The Medall, The Duke of Guise, and Albion and Albanius, 1681–85 9 Later Public Poems, Elegies, and Poems about Art, 1685–96 10 King Arthur, 1691 Conclusion: The Secular Masque, 1700 Works Cited Index