Prose, 1668-1691: An Essay of Dramatick Poesie and Shorter Works (The works of John Dryden ; v. 17)

This collection of prose writing from the pen of Dryden dates from 1668 to 1691, and contains work that the editors describe as "a sampler of Dryden as biographer-historian, political commentator, religious controversialist, literary polemicist, literary theorist, and practical critic. Among the works contained here is his "Essay of Dramatick Poesie."