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  2. John Dryden - Wikipedia

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    Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire, where his maternal grandfather was the rector of All Saints.He was the eldest of fourteen children born to Erasmus Dryden and wife Mary Pickering, paternal grandson of Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Barone t (1553–1632), and wife Frances Wilkes, Puritan landowning gentry who supported the Puritan cause and ...

  3. Essay of Dramatick Poesie - Wikipedia

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    John Dryden ' s Essay of Dramatick Poesy [1] was likely written in 1666 during the Great Plague of London and published in 1668. Dryden's claim in this essay was that poetic drama with English and Spanish influence [2] is a justifiable art form when compared to traditional French poetry.

  4. Modern influence of Ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC ... John Dryden , Alexander Hamilton ... Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics called ...

  5. Heroic drama - Wikipedia

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    The term "heroic drama" was invented by Dryden for his play, The Conquest of Granada ().For the Preface to the printed version of the play, Dryden argued that the drama was a species of epic poetry for the stage, that, as the epic was to other poetry, so the heroic drama was to other plays.

  6. Criticism of democracy - Wikipedia

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    Criticism has been a key part of democracy, its functions, and its development throughout history. Some critics call upon the constitutional regime to be true to its own highest principles; others reject the values promoted by constitutional democracy. [1] Plato famously opposed democracy, arguing for a 'government of the best qualified'.

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  8. Religio Laici - Wikipedia

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    Religio Laici, Or A Layman's Faith (1682) is a poem written in heroic couplets by John Dryden.It was written in response to the publication of an English translation of the Histoire critique due vieux testament by the French cleric Father Richard Simon.

  9. Absalom and Achitophel - Wikipedia

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    John Dryden by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Absalom and Achitophel is a celebrated satirical poem by John Dryden, written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681. The poem tells the Biblical tale of the rebellion of Absalom against King David; in this context it is an allegory used to represent a story contemporary to Dryden, concerning King Charles II and the Exclusion Crisis (1679–1681).