John Dryden – Critical Readings

CR Episode 63: Dryden’s Annus Mirabilis

11 January 2021 Critical Readings

The panel continues to welcome in a new year by looking back to an old year--in this case, A.D. 1666, and Dryden's poem "Annus Mirabilis", which ruminates on the wonders of war with Holland, the Great Fire of London, and the heroic conduct of Charles II.

CR Episode 12: Astræa Redux

2 September 2019 Critical Readings

Having concluded Paradise Lost, the panel moves from the poetry of Milton to the opposing views of one of his contemporaries, examining John Dryden, and his panegyric Astræa Redux, written to celebrate the restoration of Charles II to the throne.