John Dryden

John Dryden

John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.

He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".

Selected works:

Dramatic works:

Dates given are (acted/published) and unless otherwise noted are taken from Scott's edition.

• The Wild Gallant, a Comedy (1663/1669)
• The Rival Ladies, a Tragi-Comedy (1663/1664)
• The Indian Queen, a Tragedy (1664/1665)
• The Indian Emperor, or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards (1665/)
• Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen (1667/)
• Sir Martin Mar-all, or the Feigned Innocence, a Comedy (1667/1668)
• The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, a Comedy (1667/1670), an adaptation with William D'Avenant of Shakespeare's The Tempest
• An Evening's Love, or the Mock Astrology, a Comedy (1668/1668)
• Tyrannick Love, or the Royal Martyr, a Tragedy (1668 or 1669/1670)
• Almanzor and Almahide, or the Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, a Tragedy, Part I & Part II (1669 or 1670/1672)
• Marriage-a-la-Mode, a Comedy (1673/1673)
• The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery, a Comedy (1672/1673)
• Amboyna; or the Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants, a Tragedy (1673/1673)
• The Mistaken Husband (comedy) (1674/1675)
• The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man, an Opera (/1674)
• Aureng-Zebe, a Tragedy (1676/1676)
• All for Love, or the World Well Lost, a Tragedy (1678/1678)
• Limberham, or the Kind Keeper, a Comedy (/1678)
• Oedipus, a Tragedy (1678 or 1679/1679), an adaptation with Nathaniel Lee of Sophocles' Oedipus
• Troilus and Cressida, or Truth found too late, a Tragedy (/1679)
• The Spanish Friar, or the Double Discovery (1681 or 1682/)
• The Duke of Guise, a Tragedy (1682/1683) with Nathaniel Lee
• Albion and Albanius, an Opera (1685/1685)
• Don Sebastian, a Tragedy (1690/1690)
• Amphitryon, or the Two Sosias, a Comedy (1690/1690)
• King Arthur, or the British Worthy, a Dramatic Opera (1691/1691)
• Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy (1692/1692)
• Love Triumphant, or Nature will prevail, a Tragedy (1693 or 1694/1693 or 1694)
• The Secular Masque (1700/1700)

Other works:

• Astraea Redux, 1660
• Annus Mirabilis (poem), 1667
• An Essay of Dramatick Poesie, 1668
• Absalom and Achitophel, 1681
• Mac Flecknoe, 1682
• The Medal, 1682
• Religio Laici, 1682
• Threnodia Augustalis, 1685
• The Hind and the Panther, 1687
• A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687
• Britannia Rediviva, 1688, written to mark the birth of a Prince of Wales.
• Epigram on Milton, 1688
• Creator Spirit, by whose aid, 1690. Translation of Rabanus Maurus' Veni Creator Spiritus
• The Works of Virgil, 1697
• Alexander's Feast, 1697
• Fables, Ancient and Modern, 1700
• The Art of Satire
• To the Memory of Mr. Oldham, 1684

 

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