Browsing by Subject "Dryden, John, 1631-1700"

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    • The Character of Emelye in Chaucer, Beaumont and Fletcher, and Dryden 

      Coe, Samuel G.
      Although the later attempts to delineate the character of Emelye were also efforts to improve on the original as depicted in Chaucer both attempts were failures in that respect. Chaucer gives us a beautiful outline of ...

    • The Story of Cleopatra in English Literature 

      Bowyer, John W.
      Perhaps no story is better known than the story of Cleopatra. Even the ordinary child would have a pretty definite idea of beauty if someone would say to him that such and such a girl is as beautiful as Cleopatra. In spite ...