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Dryden's dramatic poesy

                                    Dryden showed that he was equally able to turn his fine intelligence towards criticism as well as the production of poetry and drama, and the criticism he produced is widely recognized as being analytical and outstanding in its argument and  rhetoric . One of his most famous works of criticism is  Of Dramatic Poesies : An Essay, which was published in 1668, and contains Dryden's shrewd assessment of the genre of drama.  Dryden is father of English criticism. Because he was the first who do criticism specific on English literature. The aim of dramatic poesy is clear by himself. He says that  " My aim is to vindicate English writer." Question 1  difference between Aristotle's definition of Tragedy and Dryden's definition of Play.  We can clearly see the difference. That both of they talk about imagination but i...