Poet To Poet: John Dryden Poems Selected By Charles Tomlinson

John Dryden (1631-1700) was educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University and became the leading literary figure of the restoration period. Poet, playwright, polemicist and critic, Dryden became Poet Laureate in 1670 and Historiographer Royal in 1670. He concluded his vast output with 'Fables Ancient And Modern' (1700).