John Dryden

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Standard Name: Dryden, John
Birth Name: John Dryden
John Dryden, drawn by Jonathan Richardson after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller of 1697. His body (to the shoulders) is seen in profile, head turned towards the viewer.

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Textual Production Elizabeth Thomas
ET published, as a Young Lady, an elegy on Dryden in the collection Luctus Britannici.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Jane Brereton
In the first of this group of poems, Melissa declares her own inferiority to Fidelia (with a brief survey of other poets including Pope , Buckingham , Prior , Dryden and Finch ).
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Elinor James
She defends the reputation of Queen Elizabeth , mentions John Dryden 's dismissal of her in his preface to The Hind and the Panther (published this year) as anti-Catholic, but not one who merits an...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Elizabeth Singer Rowe
It gathered together published and unpublished work (some written at boarding-school) both religious and secular: hymns, epistles, odes, pastorals (including an imitation of Anne Killigrew and an elegy for Queen Mary ), praise of King William
Wealth and Poverty Penelope Aubin
A Mrs Aubin, probably PA , received the profits from a benefit performance of Dryden 's The Spanish Friar at Lincoln's Inn Fields .
Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1973–1993.

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