English Men of Letters - DRYDEN G. Saintsbury / POPE Leslie Stephen HC 1908

Description: English Men of Letters DRYDENby G. Saintsbury POPEby Leslie Stephen_________________ Hardcovers no dust jackets; 196 & 216 pages; Size Approx. 5 X 7 1/4.Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited; 1906 & 1908.Details: Two books from the English Men of Letters series."John Dryden (1631–1700) was an English poet and playwright, whose works led to the English Restoration period becoming known as 'The Age of Dryden'. Published in 1881 in the first series of English Men of Letters, this biography by George Saintsbury (1845–1933), author and critic, sets Dryden's work against the literary landscape of its time, arguing that he reformed English literature, and exploring how he did so, the nature of the reform, and Dryden's contribution to literary history. He shows Dryden to have been a man without moral, political or intellectual agendas who, while not achieving perfection, created works free of elitism and which therefore had far wider relevance to the ordinary man than those of his predecessors. This leads Saintsbury to conclude that while Dryden was no extraordinary genius, he deserves to be considered the greatest craftsman in English letters.""I fancy that under Pope's elaborate masks of hypocrisy and mystification there was a heart always abnormally sensitive. Unfortunately it was as capable of bitter resentment as of warm affection, and was always liable to be misled by the suggestions of his strangely irritable vanity. And this seems to me to give the true key to Pope's poetical as well as to his personal characteristics." "Sir Leslie Stephen has written a concise and clear-eyed overview of Pope's life and career, from his early courting of fame (and making of enemies), to his years-long project of translating the Iliad (which made him independently wealthy), to his later work- the Moral Essays (or what Stephen calls the Ethic Epistles), and the satires." A fine addition for your bookshelf!Condition: Light foxing to endpapers, a scattering of lightly penciled notations, otherwise both are in very good condition with solid bindings and mostly clean pages. Note: The letter/number at the end of the title line for this listing is just an inventory code for locating the book.ShippingFree Domestic Economy Shipping!Check out my other items!Be sure to add me to your favorites list!About Us:Rivendell Antiquarian Books sells used rare, vintage and collectable books predominantly from pre 1970. 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