It seems necessary that, if poetry is not to effect synthesis by way of the elaborate similes and coaxed metaphors … More
Tag: Virgil
178. (John Dryden)
Since both are masters of the heroic couplet, both scathing satirists, how, it might be asked, does Dryden achieve effects … More
117. (Lord Byron)
“If there is a critique of the Enlightenment to be made, it is not that the philosophes believed in human nature, … More
74. (Émile Zola)
In the spirit of a reading journal, here’s the first of a two-part attempt to say something coherent about Zola’s … More
22. (John Dryden)
I was mostly in my right mind when I blustered, a few years ago, that John Dryden was among the … More
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