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Annus Mirabilis
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Astraea Redux
Author_Jack M. Armistead
Britannia Rediviva
British Worthy
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Daemonic Magic
Dryden's Works
Dryden’s Works
Earthly Phenomena
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Heroique Stanzas
Indian Emperour
Indian Queen
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Lady Castlemaine
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Lord Mayor's Pageant
Lord Mayor’s Pageant
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Occult Language
Occult Material
Occult References
Occult Rhetoric
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Religio Laici
Restoration Audience
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Secular Masque
Threnodia Augustalis
Tyrannick Love
William III
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Young Man
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- ISBN 9781472424976
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 03 Apr 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Reminding readers of John Dryden’s persistent use of occult rhetoric, Jack M. Armistead argues that Dryden’s otherworldliness involves more than Christian apologetics, biblical typology, or intermittent borrowings from the supernatural materials in classical literature. Rather, it manifests throughout his career in occult materials drawn from many traditions, including but going well beyond the standard classical and Christian ones. As Armistead shows, Dryden’s practice of juxtaposing pre- and post-scientific treatments of such occult topics as alchemy, astrology, and demonology pervades many of his poems and plays. In its engagement with works such as The Indian Queen, Annus Mirabilis, All for Love, and Absalom and Achitophel, among many others, Otherworldly John Dryden not only enhances our understanding of Dryden’s works, but also tracks the writer’s attitudes about Providence and the ability of the poet to perceive a hidden design in earthly events.
Jack M. Armistead was Professor of English at the University of Tennessee and liberal arts Dean at James Madison and Tennessee Technological universities. Currently he is the retired Provost and Professor of English Emeritus at Tennessee Tech. His research field is Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature, and he has written two other books, edited a third, and for twenty-five years served as founding editor of Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700.
