Noun
the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700)
Source: WordNetEliot, T. S., 'John Dryden', in Selected Essays, (London: Faber and Faber, 1932), 308 This line of satire continued with Absalom and Achitophel (1681) and The Medal (1682). Source: Internet
Among the committee's members were John Evelyn (1620–1706), Thomas Sprat (1635–1713), and John Dryden (1631–1700). Source: Internet
Frontispiece and title page from volume II of a 1716 edition of the Works of Virgil translated by John Dryden. Source: Internet
John Dryden in the 16–17th century and Alexander Pope in the 18th century were both well known for their writing in heroic couplets. Source: Internet
John Dryden offered a more common assessment in the Essay of Dramatic Poesie, in which his Avatar Neander compares Shakespeare to Homer and Jonson to Virgil : the former represented profound creativity, the latter polished artifice. Source: Internet
John Dryden wrote an influential essay entitled "A Discourse Concerning the Original and Progress of Satire" citation that helped fix the definition of satire in the literary world. Source: Internet