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Enchanted ground : reimagining John Dryden

"At the time of his death in 1700, John Dryden was acknowledged as England's greatest writer, his reputation rivalling even that of Shakespeare." "In Enchanted Ground, Jayne Lewis and Maximillian E. Novak have brought together many of the world's experts on Dryden, and their essays reflect a range of new, distinctly twenty-first-century views of him. The book is divided into two sections. The first explores Dryden's role as a public poet who presented himself as the voice of the restored Stuart court. The second part considers Dryden's relationship to the theatrical arts and music and his connection to the literary past."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2004
University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ©2004
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xiv, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
9780802089403, 0802089402
58919669
Contents of CD: "Why should a foolish wedding vow" from Marriage a-la-mode. Words by John Dryden; music by Robert Smith
"Ah, fading joy" from The Indian emperour. Words by John Dryden; music by Pelham Humfrey
"Two daughters of this aged stream" from King Arthur. Words by John Dryden; music by Henry Purcell
"The soft complaining flute" from A song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687. Words by John Dryden; music Giovanni Baptista Draghi
"Published in association with the UCLA Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies and the William Anderson [i.e. Andrews] Clark Memorial Library."
CD "Dryden's songs" in pocket on p. [3] of cover