An Essay Of Dramatick Poesie

""An Essay Of Dramatick Poesie"" is a critical work by the renowned English poet and playwright, John Dryden. The book is a discourse on the art of drama and its various forms, written in the form of a conversation between four characters - Eugenius, Crites, Lisideius, and Neander. The characters discuss the merits and demerits of ancient and modern drama, with a focus on the works of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. Dryden's essay is considered a seminal work in the history of literary criticism and has been widely studied and analyzed by scholars and students of literature. The book provides a valuable insight into the evolution of drama in English literature and the various techniques and devices used by playwrights to create compelling and memorable works of art.If your quarrel (said Eugenius) to those who now write, be grounded onely upon your reverence to Antiquity, there is no man more ready to adore those great Greeks and Romans than I am: but on the other side, I cannot think so contemptibly of the Age I live in, or so dishonourably of my own Countrey, as not to judge we equal the Ancients in most kinds of Poesie.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.