An Essay of Dramatic Poesy

John Dryden, a great English poet, dramatist, translator and critic. He was born on August 19, 1631, in Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, England. He was graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1657 he moved to London to begin his career as a professional writer, unfortunately his first play The Wild Gallant (1663), was a failure. He has a lot of successful works like: All for love, heroic stanzas as well as a major critical study (An Essay on Dramatic Poesy) and …

…mentioned his admiration for Shakespeare since he is such a great soul, a person that writes poems and plays with aspiration and to touch souls, unlike Jonson whom he admire because of his great knowledge , he said that the theater will never have someone educated as him . I really liked the way Dryden thinks and I admire him a lot, as well I believe that he is the reason behind the flourishing of English literature.