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John Dryden

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Dryden 1631-1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic, b. Northamptonshire, grad. Cambridge, 1654. He went to London about 1657 and first came to public notice with his Heroic Stanzas (1659), commemorating the death of Oliver Cromwell. The following year, however, he celebrated the restoration of Charles II with Astraea Redux. In 1662 he was elected to the Royal Society, and in 1663 he married Lady Elizabeth Howard. His long poem on the Dutch War, Annus Mirabilis, appeared in 1667. The following year he became poet laureate. He had a long and varied career as a dramatist. His... Read more
John Dryden
John Dryden The English author John Dryden (1631-1700) is best known as a poet and critic. He also wrote almost 30 plays and was one of the great dramatists of his time. John Dryden was born on Aug. 9, 1631, in Aldwinckle, Northamptonshire, in... Read more
Dryden, John
Dryden, John (1631–1700). English poet, playwright, and critic. Dryden's influence on political poetry...Trinity College, Cambridge, Dryden came from a ‘middling...death in Heroic Stanzas (1658), Dryden turned to celebrating the Restoration... Read more

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