John Dryden: Selected Works

by William Frost (Editor), John Dryden

Librarian's Note: This is an alternate edition of ISBN: 978-0030787959.

Rinehart Editions printing of Selected Works of John Dryden. Marked Thirteenth Printing, November 1966. Introduction and commentaries by William Frost, copyright 1953.

Volume contains the following works of Dryden:
Mac Flecknoe
Absalom and Achitophel
The Medal
Selection from Absalom and Achitophel II
"Anne Killigrew"
"St. Cecelia's Day"
"Alexander's Feast"
"You Charm'd Me Not" from An Evening's Love
"After the Pangs" from An Evening's Love
"Celimina of my Heart" from An Evening's Love
"Ah How Sweet It Is" from Tyrannic Love
"Why Should a Foolish Marriage Vow" from Marriage A La Mode
"Farewell Ungrateful Traitor" from The Spanish Friar
"Sylvia the Fair"
A Pastoral Dialogue from Amphitryon
"No, No Poor Suff'ring Heart" from Cleomenes
"Young I Am" from Love Triumphant
Selection from The Secular Masque from The Pilgrim
Prologue to Rival Ladies
Prologue to Secret Love
Prologue to Wild Gallant Reviv'd
Prologue to Sir Martin Mar-All
Epilogue to Sir Martin Mar-All
Prologue to The Tempest
Epilogue to The Tempest
Prologue to Albumazar, Reviv'd
Epilogue to Tyrannic Love
Prologue to Conquest of Granada I
Epilogue to Conquest of Granada II
Prologue to The Assignation
Prologue at Oxford, to The Silent Woman
Prologue at Oxford, 1674
Epilogue at Oxford, 1674
Prologue to Aureng-Zebe
Epilogue to Aureng-Zebe
Prologue at Oxford, 1676
Prologue to All for Love
Epilogue to All for Love
Epilogue to Mithridates
Prologue to Oedipus
Epilogue at Oxford, 1681
Prologue to Don Sebastian
Prologue to The Prophetess
Prologue to Amphitryon
Epilogue to Amphitryon
Prologue to The Mistakes
Epilogue to King Arthur
Epilogue to Cleomenes
Epilogue to Henry II
Epilogue to The Husband His Own Cuckold
Religio Laici
Selection from The Hind and the Panther
"Upon the Death of Lord Hastings"
"To Dr. Charleton"
Selection from "Annus Mirabilis"
"To Oldham"
"Epigram on Milton"
"To Congreve"
"Epigram on Tonson"
"To John Driden"
Translation of Lucretius: The Beginning of the First Book
Translation of Horace: The Ninth Ode of the First Book
Translation of Horace: The Twenty-Ninth Ode of the Third Book
Translation of Horace: The Second Epode
Translation of Juvenal: Selection from the Sixth Satire
Translation of Ovid: The Story of Acis, Polyphemus and Galatea, from the Thirteenth Book of the Metamorphoses
Translation of Virgil: Selection from the Fourth Georgic
Translation of Virgil: Selection from the First Book of the Aeneis
Translation of Virgil: Selection from the Sixth Book of the Aeneis
Translation of Chaucer: Selection from Palamon and Arcite, II
Translation of Chaucer: Selection from The Wife of Bath, Her Tale
Essay of Dramatic Poesy
Preface to the Fables

424 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1966

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Remembered Dryden chiefly as a dramatist, and this collection rather light on plays. Not a huge poetry person but I did enjoy much of Dryden's verse - particularly "Alexander's Feast" and "Absalom and Achitophel" (liner notes very helpful for the latter). Still do not have a clear grasp of "Essay of Dramatic Poesy" - would probably be helpful to have any grounding at all in non-Shakespeare Elizabethan authors or the ancients.

Quality and relevance of Frost's commentary varied - phrase and vocabulary clarifications were placed at the start of sections, which took some getting used to. Wished he had provided more context notes (particularly for the sections of "songs" and prologues/epilogues) and fewer bibliographic references to ancient authors. Then again, this appear to be a volume targeted for academic use and I am a lay reader, so the book may not have been designed exactly with me in mind.