The Works of John Dryden, Volume XIV
Author | : John Dryden |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 653 |
Release | : 1993-03-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520911635 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520911636 |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Works of John Dryden, Volume XIV by : John Dryden
Download or read book The Works of John Dryden, Volume XIV written by John Dryden and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993-03-01 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kept women, comic clerics, and political schemers enliven the four plays in this volume of the California Dryden. Dryden asserted that The Kind Keeper was a moral play, dedicated to exposing the "crying sin" of keeping a mistress. The production was closed after three nights, but whether because of the play's success in moralizing, or in exposing, is hard to know.