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Dryden

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Dry·den  (drdn), John 1631-1700.
English writer and poet laureate (after 1668). The outstanding literary figure of the Restoration, he wrote critical essays, poems, such as Absalom and Achitophel (1681), and dramas, including All for Love (1678).

Dryden [ˈdraɪdən]
n
(Biographies / Dryden, John (1631-1700) M, English, WRITING: poet, THEATRE: dramatist, WRITING: critic) John. 1631-1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic of the Augustan period, commonly regarded as the chief exponent of heroic tragedy. His major works include the tragedy All for Love (1677), the verse satire
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Noun1.DrydenDryden - the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700)


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That powerful poetry was twin-brother to a prose, of more varied, but certainly of wilder and more irregular power than the admirable, the typical, prose of Dryden.
The Restoration Period, from the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the death of Dryden in 1700.
"I am speaking," echoed Sir Patrick, "of John Dryden the Poet.
 
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