This book fills the need for a complete, accurate, and impartial
reexamination of Dryden's life and career as poet, dramatist, and
man of letters. By examining the numerous autobiographical passages
that Dryden inserted in his writings and by interpreting these in
the light of Dryden's relationships with persons and contemporary
situations, the author disproves some long-accepted explanations of
Dryden's conduct.
Originally published in 1961.
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