The faith of John Dryden : change and continuity /
Atkins, G. Douglas 1943-
The faith of John Dryden : change and continuity / G. Douglas Atkins. - 1 online resource (209 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; A Note on Texts; 1. Approaching Dryden's Religious Thought; 2. The Early Religious Opinions; 3. Dryden's Religious Views 1677-1684; 4. The Unresolved Conflict of Dryden's Layman's Faith; 5. Change and Continuity in Dryden's Conversion; 6. Dryden as Catholic Layman; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z.
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 antipat.
9780813161846 (electronic bk.) 0813161843 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt129dntq JSTOR
Dryden, John, 1631-1700 --Religion.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
POETRY--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Religion.
Electronic books.
PR3427.R4
821.4
The faith of John Dryden : change and continuity / G. Douglas Atkins. - 1 online resource (209 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; A Note on Texts; 1. Approaching Dryden's Religious Thought; 2. The Early Religious Opinions; 3. Dryden's Religious Views 1677-1684; 4. The Unresolved Conflict of Dryden's Layman's Faith; 5. Change and Continuity in Dryden's Conversion; 6. Dryden as Catholic Layman; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z.
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 antipat.
9780813161846 (electronic bk.) 0813161843 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt129dntq JSTOR
Dryden, John, 1631-1700 --Religion.
Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
POETRY--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Religion.
Electronic books.
PR3427.R4
821.4