Introduction
Chapter 1: Dryden’s Ancient and Modern Imitations—Histories and Concordia Discors in Palamon and Arcite and The Secular Masque
Chapter 2: Venus and Mars Move to Persuasion/Consent vs. Force
Chapter 3: Mary, Monarchy, and Dryden’s Female Readers
Chapter 4: Shakespeare as Dryden’s Afflatus
Chapter 5: Detachment and Involvement in Artistry and Good Government
Conclusion
Biography
Winifred Ernst teaches literature at the University of San Francisco. She has published articles and written reviews on John Dryden, Jonathan Swift and Cervantes in Studies in Philology, Hispanic Enlightenment, Restoration and Modern Language Review. Her research interests include reader reception, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century satire, early modern innovation in historical fiction, marginalia, and the borrowing and bartering of allusions across continents and centuries.
