Give the gist of Neander’s comments on Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher in An Essay on Dramatic Poesy.

Give the gist of Neander’s comments on Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher in An Essay on Dramatic Poesy.

John Dryden was a great restoration poet as well as critic. He was a versatile writer who left no branches of literature untouchable. He produced lots of outstanding merits in each field. He was a poet, prose writer, dramatist and critic also. His works like “An Essay on Dramatic Poesy”, “Preface and Dedication” and “Preface to Fables” are his chief contribution to criticism. Among them his “Essay on Dramatic Poesy” is regarded as an important landmark in history of literary criticism. He established himself as a revolutionary critic. So Dr. Johnson called him “The Father of English criticism”. In An Essay on Dramatic Poesy, Dryden has discussed Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher as artists of drama. So let’s discuss them in detail.

Shakespeare:

William Shakespeare was one of the prominent dramatists of the Age of Elizabeth. He describes the thing in such a way that not only one can see, but also you feel it. He wrote 37 Plays and in which he portrayed all the things in his Dramas and Sonnets. Though, he was not considered a great writer in the days of Elizabethan.............................................................................................................................

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