Dryden:Selected Poems

Paul Hammond is Professor of English at the University of Leeds. A world-renowned expert on Dryden, he co-edited the LAEP Poems of John Dryden (5 Vols) with David Hopkins, Professor of English at the University of Bristol.

• No. Title 5 Heroic Stanzas 7 Astraea 18 Annus Mirabilis 42 Mac Flecknoe 67 Absalom and Achitophel 69 The Medal 74 Religio Laici 87 To the Earl of Roscommon 89 To the Memory of Mr Oldham 96 Lucretius: Against the Fear of Death 97 Lucretius: Concerning the Nature of Love 103 Horace: Odes I ix 104 Horace: Odes III xxix 105 Horace: Epode II 111 To the Memory of Anne Killigrew 114 The Hind and the Panther 115 A Song for St Cecilia's Day 137 The Tenth Satire of Juvenal 153 To Mr Congreve 158 Alexander's Feast 165 Palamon and Arcite 168 Sigismonda and Guiscardo 169 Baucis and Philemon 171 Cinyras and Myrrha 172 The First Book of Homer's Ilias 173 The Cock and the Fox 183 The Secular Masque

"Drydenian scholarship flourishes, and its crowning glories are the five volumes of the Poems edited by Paul Hammond and David Hopkins … [the footnotes} are a work of great editorial tact, and they not only satiate, but stimulate, one’s curiosity… The           generous paperback selection is therefore particularly welcome."Matthew Reynolds, London Review of Books, July 2007“This is an indispensable edition, providing just the resources for fuller understanding of a great genius."Times Literary Supplement 'These volumes are enormous achievements, full of implication for our understanding of Dryden's poetry, and wonderful examples of the art of scholarly editing."David Womersley, Notes and Queries.      “The Editorial matter is the best we have, or are likely to have for a long time”.Claude Rawson, Review of English Studies