New light on Dryden’s conversion (Invited Commentary)
The conversion of John Dryden has perplexed scholars for centuries. Considering Dryden’s literary stature, one can understand the consternation at the time that greeted his becoming a Catholic. The Anglican establishment was especially taken aback when he published The Hind and the Panther (1687), a...
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| التنسيق: | مقال |
| اللغة: | English |
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2020
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137529 |
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| المؤسسة: | Nanyang Technological University |
| اللغة: | English |
| الملخص: | The conversion of John Dryden has perplexed scholars for centuries. Considering Dryden’s literary stature, one can understand the consternation at the time that greeted his becoming a Catholic. The Anglican establishment was especially taken aback when he published The Hind and the Panther (1687), a 2,500-line poem defending the Catholic Church. Many pamphlets were published attacking his conversion as insincere. These unjust attacks on Dryden’s character made Sir Walter Scott call him a “confessor” if not a “martyr” of the Catholic faith. |
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