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 a number of translations. John Dryden died in London on May 12, 1700.
Such a great critical work was the reason behind Dryd…