...arduous; and his work is not the greatest of heroic poems, only because it is not the first. DRYDEN Dryden may be properly considered as the father of English...criticism, as the writer who first taught us to determine iipon principles the merit of composition. Of our former poets, the greatest dramatist wrote without...

...introduce their ideas into England. Hence Doctor Johnson terms him "the father of English criticism, the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition." Yet, though the founder of English dogmatic criticism, DryDRYDEN — DSCHAKOWA den was himself no dogmatist...

...with reverence as a critic and a poet. \ DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of Eng\ lish criticism, as the writer who first taught us to determine...deserted him. Of the rest, those who knew the laws 30 of propriety had neglected to teach them. Two ' Arts of English Poetry ' were written in the days...

...humble, most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON. DRYDEN AS CRITIC (From The Lives of the Pnets.) DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English...deserted him. Of the rest, those who knew the laws of poetry had neglected to teach them. Two Arts of English Poetry were written in the days of Elizabeth...

...kommen, es sei denn, man gehöre zu den Kritikastern, who form their judgements upon narrow principles. Of our former poets the greatest dramatist wrote without...by a genius that rarely misled and rarely deserted Mm.53) Ihm stand es zu, die Regeln zu durchbrechen, gerade wie es sich für einen minutiösen Kritiker...

...to introduce their ideas into England. Hence Dr. Johnson terms him "the father of English criticism, the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition." Yet, though the founder of English dogmatic criticism, Dryden was himself no dogmatist ; continually...

...criticism, his translations, his plays, his lyrics. Dryden he considered the father of English criticism, "the writer who first taught us to determine upon principles the merit of composition." He found the dissertations gay and vigorous; the general criticisms trustworthy; the occasional ones...

...extraordinary poem. SAMUEL JOHNSON DRYDEN AS CRITIC AND POET [From Lives of the English Poets, 1779] may be properly considered as the father of English...teach them. Two Arts of English Poetry were written in the days of Elizabeth by Webb and Puttenham, from which something might be learned, and a few hints...

...were great, though each in his own way. "Every new genius subverts the rules," he had said; and again, "Of our former poets the greatest dramatist wrote...genius that rarely misled, and rarely deserted him."' There is always " an appeal open from criticism to nature from rules "merely positive" to common sense...

...preference and distinction of excelling in his kind. B From JOHNSON'S Life of Dryden Published 1 779 DRYDEN may be properly considered as the father of English...the laws of propriety had neglected to teach them. . . . The dialogue on the Drama was one of his first essays 10 of criticism, written when he was yet...