Swedenburg Jr.

This volume contains the poems of Dryden extending from 1681 to 1684. Along with the poems of Dryden and associated extensive commentaries and textual notes from the editors, this volume contains the dramatic prologues and epilogues Dryden wrote for the plays of other writers from this period of time.

John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England’s first Poet Laureate in 1668. H. T. Swedenberg, Jr. was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. Vinton A. Dearing was Professor of English and Computer Applications in Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles.