Most of John Dryden's (1631-1700) early work was for the theatre. He wrote romantic comedies, adaptations and tragi-comedies including 'Marriage à-la-Mode'. He was Poet Laureate from 1668 to 1688 during which time he wrote his most celebrated satires and criticism. In his later years, he turned to translation. Steven N. Zwicker & David Bywaters have edited this volume. Zwicker teaches English at Washington University and is author of 'The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1650-1740'.

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• John Dryden: Selected PoemsList of IllustrationsIntroductionDryden's CareerThe TextBibliography and Further ReadingAcknowledgementsChronology1749 Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings1659 Heroic Stanzas1660 Astræa Redux1661 To His Sacred Majesty1662 To Dr. Charleton1667 Annus Mirabilis1671 Prologues, Epilogues and Songs from The Conquest of Granada1676 Macflecknoe1677 Prologue and Epilogue to All For Love1680 The Prologue at Oxford, 16801681 The Epilogue Spoken to the King at OxfordAbsalom and Achitophel1682 Prologue and Epilogue to The Unhappy FavouriteThe MedalPrologues to the Duke and Duchess of YorkReligio Laici1684 To the Earl of RoscommonTo the Memory of Mr. Oldham1685 Translations from Lucretius, De Rerum NaturaFrom the Third Book: Against the Fear of DeathFrom the Fourth Book: Concerning the Nature of LoveTranslations from HoraceBook 1, Ode 3Book 1, Ode 9Book 3, Ode 29To the Pious Memory of Mrs. Anne Killigrew1687 The Hind and the PantherA Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 16871688 Lines on Milton1692 EleonoraFrom The Satires of Juvenal and PersiusThe First Satire of JuvenalThe Third Satire of JuvenalThe First Satire of Persius1694 To My Dear Friend Mr. CongreveTo Sir Godfrey Kneller1696 An Ode, On the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell1697 From The Works of VirgilFrom Æneis 1: The TempestFrom Æneis 5: The Funeral SportsFrom Æneis 12: The Combat of Turnus and ÆneasFrom Georgics 2: The CountryFrom Georgics 3: The Battle of the BullsFrom Georgics 3: The PlagueFrom Georgics 4: The Labour of the BeesAlexander's Feast1698 Lines of Tonson1700 From Fables Ancient and ModernPrefaceTo the Duchess of OrmondeTo My Hounoured Kinsman, John DridenBaucis and Philemon, out of the Eighth Book of Ovid's MetamorphosesThe First Book of Homer's IliasThe Cock and the Fox; or, The Tale of the Nun's Priest, from ChaucerThe Wife of Bath Her TaleThe Character of a Good Person, Imitated from Chaucer and EnlargedCymon and Iphigenia, from BoccaceThe Secular MasqueNotes