The Preface to the Fables is a literary work written by John Dryden, a prominent English poet, critic, and playwright, in 1912. This book is a preface to a collection of fables that Dryden translated from the works of Aesop and other ancient Greek and Roman writers. In this preface,...
The Preface to the Fables is a literary work written by John Dryden in 1912. The book is a collection of essays that provide a critical analysis of the fables of ancient Greek and Roman writers. Dryden discusses the importance of fables as a means of teaching moral lessons and...
An influential literary essay by the English poet and playwright John Dryden, discussing the art of translation and his own approach to adapting Aesop's Fables into English verse. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the...
An influential literary essay by the English poet and playwright John Dryden, discussing the art of translation and his own approach to adapting Aesop's Fables into English verse. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the...