The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Collected Critical Heritage set will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes.
INTRODUCTION I I The reception of Dryden's first play 1663 29 2 PEPYS at the theatre 1662, 1663, 1664, 1667, 1668 30 3 DRYDEN on The Indian Emperour 1667, 1679 32 4 DRYDEN on Secret-Love 1668 34 5 DRYDEN on his comedies 1668, 1671 36 6 FLECKNOE on Dryden 1670 38 7 Dryden's Patent 1670 39 8 DRYDEN on Tyrannick Love 1670, 1681 40 9 DRYDEN on An Evening's Love 1671 42 10 DRYDEN as Mr Bayes 1672 4S II 'Tragedy I say's my Masterpiece' 1673 53 12 The Censure ofthe Rota 1673 54 13 Attack by vindication 1673 68 14 Mr. Dreyden Vindicated 1673 80 15 The Athenian Virtuosi answered 1673 88 16 RAVENSCROFT requites Dryden 1673 109 17 Wits and pedants 1673 110 18 MARVELL on The State ofInnocence 1674 113 19 RYMER on The Indian Emperour 1674 lIS 20 ROCHESTER on Dryden 1675-7 117 21 Comedy and tragedy 1676 120 22 Excellent imaging? 1677 121 23 DRYDEN on The Kind Keeper 1677, 1680 123 24 DRYDEN on Allfor Love 1678 124 2S DRYDEN on The Spanish Fryar 1681 126 26 Verses on Absalom and Achitophel 1681, 1682 128 27 Some responses to Absalom and Achitophel 1681, 1682 131 28 Verses on The Medall 1682 136 29 Verses on Religio Laic; 1682, 1683 138 30 The Medal ofJohn Bayes: A Satyr 1682 143 vii CONTENTS 31 Dryden, the Tory poet 1682 151 32 SHADWELL on The Duke ofGuise 1683 156 33 A deist's tribute 1683 159 34 DRYDEN on his History ofthe League 1684 162 35 Odi imitatores servum peet,IS, &c. 1685 163 36 PRIOR parodies The Hind and the Panther 1687 167 37 Gentle George reads The Hind and the Panther 1687, 1689 174 38 CLIFFORD'S poison pen 1687 175 39 Reflections on The Hind and the Panther 1687 186 40 Dryden's rhyming poetry 1690 190 41 Objections to Don Sebastian 1689-90 191 42 Two actors in 1690 (1739) 193 43 MILBOURNE blows hot and cold 1690, 1698 196 44 LANGBAINE'S observations and remarks 1691 200 45 Dryden and Congreve 1693 203 46 Congreve to Mr Dryden, on his translation of Persius 1693 205 47 HIGGONS on Persius 1693 207 48 DRYDEN on Examen Poeticum 1693 208 49 DENNIS on Oedipus 1693 209 50 Tribute from ADDISON 1693 213 51 DRYDEN on The Satires ofJuvenalis 1693 215 52 DRYDEN on Love Triumphant 1694 216 53 Verses on Virgil 1697 217 54 DRYDEN on his Virgil 1697 224 55 Alexander's Feast 1697 226 56 Immorality and profaneness 1698 227 57 Fables Ancient and Modern 1700 240 58 On a portrait of Dryden 1700 241 59 Farce and heroicks 1700 242 60 Dryden's unnatural flights 1701 243 61 SWIFT on Dryden 1704, 1710, 1735 245 62 HUGHES: Verses on Dryden's Fables 1706 248 63 The Spectator 1711, 1712 253 64 DENNIS on Dryden 1711, 1715, 1717, 1720, 1728 257 65 GARTH'S memorial to Dryden 1717 261 66 CONGREVE'S memoir 1717 263 67 DENNIS on Allfor Love 1719 266 68 ALEXANDER POPE on Dryden 1730-43 269 69 THOMAS GRAY on Dryden 1742, 1754, 1765 270 viii 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 CONTENTS Instant criticism 1744 JOSEPH WARTON on Dryden 1756, 1782 Applauding hands and dry eyes 1759 Sigismunda and Timotheus 1761, 1763, 1764 ADAM SMITH on The Spanish Fryar 1763 Comments by WALPOLE 1775-87 DR JOHNSON on Dryden 1779-81, 1750 Comments by COWPER 1780, 1782, 1784 A professorial view 1783 BURNS reads Dryden's Virgil 1788 MALONE on Dryden 1800 No great favourite of WORDSWORTH'S 1805 SCOTT'S Dryden: Cause for alarm 1805,1806 WALTER SCOTT: The great appraisal 1808 Teutonic strictures 1808 BLAKE against journeymen c. 1810 LORD MONBODDO on Dryden's Odes (n.d.) APPENDIX: EARLY EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF DRYDEN
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