The Imperial Dryden: The Poetics of Appropriation in Seventeenth-Century England

According to Mr. Kramer, Dryden at first engages in a form of "literary imperialism. Because no professional poet could afford to ignore the taste of the court, the young Dryden was obliged to borrow from . . . foreign pens. . [...]the necessity of dissimulating sources, disguising models, clai...

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Published in:The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats 1996, Vol.29 (1), p.74
Main Author: Gelber, Michael Werth
Format: Review
Language:English
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Poetics
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Summary:According to Mr. Kramer, Dryden at first engages in a form of "literary imperialism. Because no professional poet could afford to ignore the taste of the court, the young Dryden was obliged to borrow from . . . foreign pens. . [...]the necessity of dissimulating sources, disguising models, claiming to imitate one thing as he imitated another.
ISSN:0190-731X