John Dryden, Poet Laureate to Charles II and James II, was one of the great literary figures of the late seventeenth century. This Companion provides a fresh lo

This volume offers an account of English literary culture in one of its most volatile and politically engaged moments. From the work of Milton and Marvell in th

This collection of essays offers a variety of perspectives on John Dryden's work and its contexts. A towering literary figure in the late seventeenth and early

This volume provides essays by twenty-nine leading scholars and critics on the best English poets from Chaucer to Larkin.