Download or read book The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVII written by John Dryden and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1972-01-01 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of prose writing from the pen of Dryden dates from 1668 to 1691, and contains work that the editors describe as "a sampler of Dryden as biographer-historian, political commentator, religious controversialist, literary polemicist, literary theorist, and practical critic. Among the works contained here is his "Essay of Dramatick Poesie."