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Alexander's Feast: Macflecknoe and St. Cecilia's Day: Macflecknoe and St. Cecilia's Day: Maynard's English Classic Series - Softcover
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Alexander's Feast: Macflecknoe And St. Cecilia's Day: Maynard's English Classic Series is a collection of three works by the renowned English poet and playwright, John Dryden. The first work, Alexander's Feast, is an ode in honor of Alexander the Great and his victory over the Persians. The second work, Macflecknoe, is a satirical poem that mocks the contemporary playwrights of Dryden's time. The third work, St. Cecilia's Day, is an ode celebrating the patron saint of music and musicians. This book is part of Maynard's English Classic Series, which aims to provide students and readers with accessible editions of classic English literature. With its combination of epic poetry, satire, and celebration of music, Alexander's Feast: Macflecknoe And St. Cecilia's Day is a must-read for anyone interested in the works of John Dryden and the literary culture of 17th century England.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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BlOGBAPHT. 1. John Dryden was born on the 5th of A ngust, 1681, probably in the house of his maternal grandfather, at A ldwincle, All Saints near Oundle in Northamptonshire, ng. His father was the proprietor of a small estate at Blakesley. In course of time he was sent to Westminster School, then under the super intendence of Dr. Busby, and subsequently to Trinity College, Cambridge. Leaving the University in 1657, without, it would seem, having specially disti Dguished himself there, he went up to London, and devoted himself to politics and to literature. A mongst his family connections were certain important members of the Puritan party. The death of Cromwell soon provided him with a poetical subject. His writing an elegy on that occasion did not prevent him, any more than Waller, and other poets of the day, from welcoming baclc with a poem Charles the Second. With the Restoration a new field was thrown open to the wits of the time in the shape of the stage, which for some eighteen years had been altogether, or partially shut up. Dryden turned play-writer. He wrote comedies, tragedies, tragi-comedies: the comedies in prose; the tragedies, the earliest in blank verse, then some in rhyme, on the model of tiie French tragic drama; the latest in blank verse. His subjects he drew mostly from the old romances, and from history. He reproduced tliree of Shakespeare splays, Tro Umand Cretudda, Antony and Cleopatra (which he called AU for Love) and The Tempest, In 1671 his plays were heartily, and not undeservedly, ridiculed in the Hehearaalf written by the Duke of Buckingham, assisted, it is said, by Hudibras Butler, and others. All this time he was winning more lasting fame by the various critical essays with which his plays, when published, were frequently prefaced. In 1663 he married the Lady Elizabeth Howard, a daughter of the Earl of Berkshire, who by no means
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