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AllforLovebyJohnDrydenINTRODUCTORYNOTETheageofElizabeth,memorableforsomanyreasonsinthehistoryofEngland,wasespeciallybrilliantinliterature,and,withinliterature,inthedrama.Withsomefallingoffinspontaneity,theimpulsetogreatdramaticproductionlastedtilltheLongParliamentclosedthetheatersin1642;andwhentheywerereopenedattheRestoration,in1660,thestageonlytoofaithfullyreflectedthedebasedmoraltoneofthecourtsocietyofCharlesII.JohnDryden(1631-1700),thegreatrepresentativefigureintheliteratureofthelatterpartoftheseventeenthcentury,exemplifiesinhisworkmostofthemaintendenciesofthetime.HecameintonoticewithapoemonthedeathofCromwellin1658,andtwoyearslaterwascomposingcoupletsexpressinghisloyaltytothereturnedking.HemarriedLadyElizabethHoward,thedaughterofaroyalisthouse,andforpracticallyalltherestofhisliferemainedanadherentoftheToryParty.In1663hebeganwritingforthestage,andduringthenextthirtyyearsheattemptednearlyallthecurrentformsofdrama.His"AnnusMirabilis"(1666),celebratingtheEnglishnavalvictoriesovertheDutch,broughthimin1670thePoetLaureateship.Hehad,meantime,begunthewritingofthoseadmirablecriticalessays,representedinthepresentseriesbyhisPrefacetothe"Fables"andhisDedicationtothetranslationofVirgil.Intheseheshowshimselfnotonlyacriticofsoundandpenetratingjudgment,butthefirstmasterofmodernEnglishprosestyle.With"AbsalomandAchitophel,"asatireontheWhigleader,Shaftesbury,Drydenenteredanewphase,andachievedwhatisregardedas"thefinestofallpoliticalsatires."Thiswasfollowedby"TheMedal,"againdirectedagainsttheWhigs,andthisby"MacFlecknoe,"afierceattackonhisenemyandrivalShadwell.TheGovernmentrewardedhisservicesbyalucrativeappointment.http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网Aftertriumphinginthethreefieldsofdrama,criticism,andsatire,Drydenappearsnextasareligiouspoetinhis"ReligioLaici,"anexpositionofthedoctrinesoftheChurchofEnglandfromalayman'spointofview.InthesameyearthattheCatholicJamesII.ascendedthethrone,DrydenjoinedtheRomanChurch,andtwoyearslaterdefendedhisnewreligi
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