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http://ecl.dukejournals.org/content/37/1/1.short "In the poems composed before his first serious plays, Dryden rhetorically exploits the malleability of occult beliefs during this period. He uses the mixed attitudes toward astrology, alchemy, and, to a lesser extent, demonology and other folk beliefs, to broaden meaning and to address some of the problems associated with the subjects he chooses to discuss." Last edited on Thu Jan 3rd, 2013 06:56 pm by Paul Ferguson |
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