John Dryden’s celebrated conversion to Roman Catholicism is revealed in this provocative study as the culmination of a lifelong search that began with his youth in an actively Puritan family. Atkin’s familiarity with the religious thought of the times allows him to range widely among Dryden’s contemporaries and predecessors and to bring a fresh perspective to those key poems in Dryden’s religious development: Religio Laici and The Hind and the Panther. Through a sensitive reappraisal of all Dryden’s texts—including those less widely known—Atkins shows that Dryden had a lifelong antipathy for all ‘priests’ of whatever sect, whether pagan or Christian; by concentrating on the theme of Dryden’s opposition to the clergy and his efforts toward articulating a faith for the layman, Atkins provides an important new way of tracing and evaluating the changes in Dryden’s religious position and, with this perspective, offers a new interpretation of Dryden’s conversion.
George Douglas Atkins
The Faith of John Dryden
Change and Continuity
The Faith of John Dryden
Change and Continuity
Bahasa Inggris ● Format EPUB ● Halaman 208 ● ISBN 9780813194301 ● Ukuran file 0.3 MB ● Penerbit The University Press of Kentucky ● Kota Lexington ● Negara US ● Diterbitkan 2021 ● Diunduh 24 bulan ● Mata uang EUR ● ID 7911824 ● Perlindungan salinan Adobe DRM
Membutuhkan pembaca ebook yang mampu DRM