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Born in August 9, 1631 / Died in May 1, 1700 / United Kingdom / English

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  • Astraea Redux. A Poem On the Happy Restoration and Return Of His Sacred Majesty Charles the Second (London: Printed by J. M. for Henry Herringman, 1660).
  • To His Sacred Majesty, A Panegyrick On His Coronation (London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1661).
  • To My Lord Chancellor, Presented on New-years-day (London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1662).
  • The Rival Ladies (London: Printed by W. W. for Henry Herringman, 1664).
  • The Indian Emperour, or The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards (London: Printed by J. M. for H. Herringman, 1667); second edition republished with "A Defence of An Essay of Dramatique Poesie" in some copies (London: Printed for H. Herringman, 1668).
  • Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666 (London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1667).
  • Of Dramatick Poesie: An Essay (London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1668 [i.e., 1667]).
  • Secret-Love, or The Maiden-Queen (London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1668).
  • Sr Martin Mar-All, or The Feigned Innocence (London: Printed for H. Herringman, 1668).
  • The Wild Gallant (London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for H. Herringman, 1669).
  • The Tempest, or The Enchanted Island, by Dryden and William Davenant (London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1670).
  • Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr (London: Printed for H. Herringman, 1670).
  • An Evening's Love, or The Mock Astrologer (London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1671).
  • The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards: In Two Parts (London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1672).
  • Marriage A-la-Mode (London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman & sold by Joseph Knight & Francis Saunders, 1673).
  • The Assignation: or, Love in a Nunnery (London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673).
  • Amboyna (London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673).
  • Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco, by Dryden, John Crowne, and Thomas Shadwell (London, 1674).
  • Aureng-Zebe (London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1676).
  • The State of Innocence and Fall of Man (London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1677).
  • All for Love: or, The World Well Lost (London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for Henry Herringman, 1678).
  • Oedipus, by Dryden and Nathaniel Lee (London: Printed for R. Bentley and M. Magnes, 1679).
  • Troilus and Cressida, or, Truth Found too Late (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson & Abel Swall, 1679).
  • The Kind Keeper; or, Mr. Limberham (London: Printed for R. Bentley & M. Magnes, 1680).
  • His Majesties Declaration Defended (London: Printed for T. Davies, 1681).
  • Absalom and Achitophel (London: Printed for J. T. & sold by W. Davis, 1681).
  • The Spanish Fryar, or The Double Discovery (London: Printed for Richard Tonson & Jacob Tonson, 1681).
  • The Medall. A Satyre against Sedition (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1682).
  • Mac Flecknoe, or a Satyr Upon the True-Blew Protestant Poet, T.S. [unauthorized edition] (London: Printed for D. Green, 1682).
  • Religio Laici or a Laymans Faith (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1682).
  • The Duke of Guise, by Dryden and Lee (London: Printed by T. H. for R. Bentley & J. Tonson, 1683).
  • The Vindication [of the Duke of Guise]: or The Parallel of the French Holy-League, and The English League and Covenant (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1683).
  • Threnodia Augustalis: A Funeral-Pindarique Poem Sacred to the Happy Memory of King Charles II (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1685).
  • Albion and Albanius, by Dryden, with music by Lewis Grabu (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1685).
  • A Defence of the Papers Written by the Late King of Blessed Memory and Duchess of York (London: Printed for H. Hills, 1686).
  • The Hind and the Panther (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1687).
  • A Song for St Cecilia's Day, 1687, with music by Giovanni Baptista Draghi (London: Printed for T. Dring, 1687).
  • Britannia Rediviva: A Poem on the Birth of the Prince (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1688).
  • Don Sebastian, King of Portugal (London: Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh, 1690).
  • Amphitryon; or The Two Socia's, with music by Henry Purcell (London: Printed for J. Tonson & M. Tonson, 1690).
  • King Arthur: or The British Worthy, with music by Purcell (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1691).
  • Eleonora: A Panegyrical Poem Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Countess of Abingdon (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1692).
  • Cleomenes, The Spartan Heroe (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1692).
  • Love Triumphant; or, Nature Will Prevail (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1694).
  • An Ode, on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell; Late Servant of his Majesty, and Organist of the Chapel Royal, and of St. Peter's Westminster (London: Printed by J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford, 1696).
  • Alexander's Feast; Or The Power of Musique. An Ode, In Honour of St. Cecilia's Day (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1697).

Editions

  • The Works of John Dryden, 18 volumes, edited by Walter Scott (London: William Miller, 1808); revised by George Saintsbury (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1882-1893).
  • The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, 6 volumes, edited by Montague Summers (London: Nonesuch Press, 1931).
  • The Works of John Dryden [The California Dryden], 20 volumes, edited by Edward Niles Hooker, H. T. Swedenberg, and others (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1955- ).
  • The Poems of John Dryden, 4 volumes, edited by James Kinsley (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1958).
  • John Dryden: Of Dramatic Poesy and Other Critical Essays, 2 volumes, edited by George Watson (London: J. M. Dent / New York: E. P. Dutton, 1962).

Play Productions

  • The Wild Gallant, revised from an older play, possibly by Richard Brome, London, Vere Street Theatre, 5 February 1663.
  • The Rival Ladies, London, Theatre Royal, Bridges Street, possibly autumn of 1663.
  • The Indian-Queen, by Dryden and Sir Robert Howard, London, Theatre Royal, Bridges Street, January 1664.
  • The Indian Emperour, London, Theatre Royal, Bridges Street, early months of 1665.
  • Secret Love, London, Theatre Royal, Bridges Street, final days of January 1667.
  • Sir Martin Mar-All, by Dryden and William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, London, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 15 August 1667.
  • The Tempest, revised from William Shakespeare's play by Dryden and William Davenant, London, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 7 November 1667.
  • An Evening's Love; or, The Mock Astrologer, London, Theatre Royal, Bridges Street, 12 June 1668.
  • Tyrannic Love, London, Theatre Royal, Bridges Street, 24 June 1669.
  • The Conquest of Granada, part 1, London, Theatre Royal, Bridges Street, December 1670; part 2, January 1671.
  • Marriage A-la-Mode, London, Theatre Royal, Bridges Street, probably late November or early December 1671.
  • The Assignation; or, Love in a Nunnery, London, Lincoln's Inn Fields, not later than early autumn of 1672.
  • Amboyna, London, Lincoln's Inn Fields, possibly February 1673.
  • Aureng-Zebe, London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 17 November 1675.
  • All for Love, London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, probably 12 December 1677.
  • The Kind Keeper; or, Mr. Limberham, London, Dorset Garden Theatre, 11 March 1678.
  • Oedipus, by Dryden and Nathaniel Lee, London, Dorset Garden Theatre, autumn 1678.
  • Troilus and Cressida, revised from Shakespeare's play, London, Dorset Garden Theatre, not later than April 1679.
  • The Spanish Fryar, London, Dorset Garden Theatre, 1 November 1680.
  • The Duke of Guise, by Dryden and Lee, London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 30 November 1682.
  • Albion and Albanius, opera with text by Dryden and music by Louis Grabu, London, Dorset Garden Theatre, 3 June 1685.
  • Don Sebastian, London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 4 December 1689.
  • Amphitryon, London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, probably early October 1690.
  • King Arthur, opera with text by Dryden and music by Henry Purcell, London, Dorset Garden Theatre, early June 1691.
  • Cleomenes, by Dryden and Thomas Southerne, London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on or before 16 April 1692.
  • Love Triumphant, London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, probably late January 1694; "The Secular Masque," inserted into The Pilgrim, revised from John Fletcher's play by John Vanbrugh, London, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, late April or early May 1700.

Other

  • "Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings," in Lachrymae Musarum: The Tears of the Muses: Exprest in Elegies; Written By divers persons of Nobility and Worth, Upon the death of the most hopefull, Henry Lord Hastings (London: Printed by Thomas Newcomb, 1649).
  • "To his friend the Authour on his divine Epigrams," in Sion and Parnassus, by John Hoddesdon (London: Printed by R. Daniel for G. Eversden, 1650).
  • "Heroique Stanzas, Consecrated to the Glorious Memory of his most Serene and renowned Highnesse Oliver Late Lord Protector of this Common-Wealth, &c.," in Three poems Upon the Death of his late Highnesse Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland & Ireland (London: Printed by William Wilson, 1659).
  • "To My Honored Friend, Sr Robert Howard, On his Excellent Poems," in Poems, by Sir Robert Howard (London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1660).
  • "To My Honour'd Friend, Dr Charleton," in Chorea Gigantum, or The most Famous Antiquity of Great-Britain, Vulgarly called Stone-Heng, Standing on Salisbury Plain, Restored to the Danes, by Walter Charleton (London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1663 [i.e., 1662]).
  • The Indian-Queen, by Dryden and Howard, in Four New Plays, by Howard (London: Printed for H. Herringman, 1665).
  • Ovid's Epistles, Translated by Several Hands, includes a preface, and translations of three epistles, by Dryden (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1680).
  • Nahum Tate, The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel, includes contributions by Dryden (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1682).
  • "The Life of Plutarch," in volume 1 of Plutarchs Lives, Translated from the Greek by Several Hands, 5 volumes (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1683-1686).
  • Miscellany Poems, includes the authorized version of Mac Flecknoe and twenty-five other contributions by Dryden (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1684).
  • Louis Maimbourg, The History of the League, translated by Dryden (London: Printed by M. Flesher for Jacob Tonson, 1684).
  • "To the Memory of Mr. Oldham," in The Remains of Mr. John Oldham in Verse and Prose (London: Printed for Jo. Hindmarsh, 1684).
  • Sylvae; or, the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, includes a preface and seventeen contributions by Dryden (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1685).
  • "To the Pious Memory Of the Accomplisht Young Lady Mrs Anne Killigrew, Excellent in the two Sister-Arts of Poësie, and Painting. An Ode," in Poems By Mrs. Anne Killigrew (London: Printed for Samuel Lowndes, 1686 [i.e., 1685]).
  • Dominique Bouhours, The Life of St. Francis Xavier, of the Society of Jesus, translated by Dryden (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1688).
  • The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated into English Verse. By Mr. Dryden, and Several other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus Made English by Mr. Dryden ... To which is Prefix'd a Discourse concerning the Original and Progress of Satire (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1693 [i.e., 1692]).
  • Examen Poeticum: Being the Third Part of Miscellany Poems, includes fifteen contributions by Dryden (London: Printed by R. E. for Jacob Tonson, 1693).
  • "A Character of Polybius and His Writings," in The History of Polybius the Megalopolitan, translated by Sir Henry Sheeres (London: Printed for S. Briscoe, 1693).
  • "To my Dear Friend Mr. Congreve, On His Comedy, call'd, The Double-Dealer," in The Double-Dealer, by William Congreve (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1694).
  • "To Sir Godfrey Kneller," in The Annual Miscellany: for the Year 1694. Being the Fourth Part of Miscellany Poems (London: Printed by R. E. for Jacob Tonson, 1694).
  • Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, De Arte Graphica, Latin text, with prose translation and "A Parallel of Poetry and Painting" by Dryden (London: Printed by J. Heptinstall for W. Rogers, 1695).
  • The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis, translated by Dryden (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1697).
  • Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer; with Original Poems, translated by Dryden (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1700).
  • "A Dialogue and Secular Masque," in The Pilgrim, by John Fletcher, revised by John Vanbrugh (London: Printed for Benjamin Tooke, 1700).
  • "The Life of Lucian," in volume 1 of The Works of Lucian, Translated from the Greek by Several Eminent Hands, 4 volumes (London: Printed for S. Briscoe, 1711).
  • [Heads of an Answer to Rymer], in volume 1 of The Works of Mr Francis Beaumont and Mr John Fletcher, 7 volumes (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1711).

Letters

  • The Letters of John Dryden: With Letters Addressed to Him, edited by Charles E. Ward (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1942).

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Few Dryden manuscripts remain. The only poetic manuscript extant, the fair copy of the elegy for Cromwell, is on display at the British Library. The primary collection of Dryden materials is at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California at Los Angeles; letters can be found in several collections, including those at the British Library, the Bodleian Library, and the libraries at Harvard and Yale Universities.