The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVII: Prose, 1668-1691: An essay of Dramatick Poesie and Shorter Works (Works of John Dryden)

This collection of prose writing from the pen of Dryden dates from 1668 to 1691, and contains work that the editors describe as ""a sampler of Dryden as biographer-historian, political commentator, religious controversialist, literary polemicist, literary theorist, and practical critic. Among the works contained here is his ""Essay of Dramatick Poesie."" v. 1. Poems, 1649-1680. v. 3. Poems, 1685-1692. v. 5. Poems - The works of Virgil in English, 1697. v. 6. Poems - The works of Vigil in English, 1697. v. 7. Poems, 1697-1700. v. 8. Plays - The wild gallant. The rival ladies. The Indian queen. v. 9. Plays - The Indian emperor. Secret love. Sir Martin Mar-all. v. 10. Plays - The tempest. Tyrannick love. An evening's love. v. 11. Plays - The conquest of Granada. Marriage a-la-mode. The assignation. v. 12. Plays - Amboyna. The state of innocence. Aureng-Zebe. v. 13. Plays - All for love. Oedipus. Troilus and Cressida. v. 14. Plays - The kind keeper. The Spanish fryar. The Duke of Guise. And, the Vindication of the Duke of Guise. v. 15. Plays - Albion and Albanius. Don Sebastian. Amphitryon. v. 16. Plays. King Arthur. Cleomenes. Love Triumphant. Contributions to the pilgrim. v. 17. Prose, 1668-1691. An essay of dramatick poesie and shorter works. v. 18. Prose - The history of the league, 1684. v. 19. Prose - The life of St. Francis Xavier, 1688. v. 20. Prose, 1691-1698 - De arte graphica and shorter works. This volume contains Dryden's 1684 translation of Louis Maimbourg's "The History of the League," a work relating to the religious wars of France in the preceding century, and which Dryden used as a commentary on the religious persecutions of his own time in England.