John Dryden

GPTKB entity

Statements (168)
Predicate Object
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gptkb:poet
gptkb:literary_criticism
gptkbp:appointed_by gptkb:poet
gptkbp:awarded_to the title of Poet Laureate
gptkbp:birth_date August 19, 1631
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Aldwinkle,_Northamptonshire
1631
Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, England
gptkbp:born_on August 19, 1631
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Dryden_Jr.
gptkb:Charles_Dryden
gptkb:Mary_Dryden
gptkb:Henry_Dryden
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Alexander_Pope
gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkbp:death_date May 1, 1700
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:London,_England
1700
gptkbp:died_on May 1, 1700
gptkbp:founder the United Company
gptkbp:has_child gptkb:Lady_Elizabeth_Dryden
gptkb:Lady_Elizabeth_Howard
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Dryden
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gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:literature
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gptkb:Ben_Jonson
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkbp:is_a_member_of gptkb:the_Royal_Society
the King's Company
gptkbp:is_a_supporter_of the monarchy
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:the_Whig_party
the Puritan regime
the excesses of the court
the use of rhyme in drama
gptkbp:is_influential_in later poets and playwrights
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:Absalom_and_Achitophel
gptkb:All_for_Love
gptkb:The_Tempest_(adaptation)
The Conquest of Granada
The Indian Emperor
gptkbp:is_married_to gptkb:Lady_Elizabeth_Dryden
gptkb:Lady_Elizabeth_Howard
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Absalom_and_Achitophel
gptkb:All_for_Love
The Conquest of Granada
The Indian Emperour
gptkbp:notable_burials gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:notable_figures the London theater scene
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Works_of_Tacitus
gptkb:The_Works_of_Herodotus
gptkb:The_Fables_of_Aesop
gptkb:The_Works_of_Horace
gptkb:The_Tempest
gptkb:The_Works_of_Juvenal
gptkb:The_Works_of_Seneca
gptkb:The_Works_of_Statius
gptkb:The_Works_of_Xenophon
gptkb:The_Works_of_Cicero
gptkb:The_Works_of_Livy
gptkb:The_Hind_and_the_Panther
gptkb:The_Works_of_Thucydides
gptkb:The_Works_of_Diodorus_Siculus
gptkb:The_Works_of_Virgil
gptkb:The_Duke_of_Guise
gptkb:The_Flower_and_the_Leaf
gptkb:The_Secular_Masque
gptkb:The_Wild_Gallant
gptkb:The_Works_of_Appian
gptkb:The_Works_of_Aristotle
gptkb:The_Works_of_Claudian
gptkb:The_Works_of_Lucan
gptkb:The_Works_of_Ovid
gptkb:The_Works_of_Persius
gptkb:The_Works_of_Pliny_the_Elder
gptkb:The_Works_of_Pliny_the_Younger
gptkb:The_Works_of_Plutarch
gptkb:The_Works_of_Polybius
gptkb:The_Works_of_Silius_Italicus
gptkb:The_Works_of_Strabo
gptkb:The_Works_of_Suetonius
The Assignation
The Rival Ladies
The Spanish Friar
The Medal
The State of Innocence
gptkbp:notable_works gptkb:Absalom_and_Achitophel
gptkb:All_for_Love
The Indian Emperour
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:translator
gptkb:Politician
gptkb:playwright
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:served_as_poet_laureate_from 1668
gptkbp:served_as_poet_laureate_to 1700
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lady_Elizabeth_Dryden
gptkbp:translated_into gptkb:Ovid's_Epistles
gptkb:Virgil's_Aeneid
gptkbp:was_a_key_figure_in the development of English drama
the English Restoration period
gptkbp:was_a_pioneer_in modern English prose
gptkbp:was_a_proponent_of gptkb:neoclassicism
the importance of reason in poetry.
the unities in drama
gptkbp:was_acontemporary_of gptkb:William_Congreve
gptkb:Corneille
gptkb:Nicolas_Boileau
gptkb:William_III_of_England
gptkb:Molière
gptkb:Jean_Racine
gptkb:Thomas_Otway
gptkb:James_II_of_England
gptkb:Racine
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Anne_of_Great_Britain
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Charles_II_of_England
gptkb:Pierre_Corneille
gptkb:John_Vanbrugh
gptkb:George_Etherege
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Molière
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Racine
gptkbp:was_adramatist gptkb:true
gptkbp:was_akey_figure_in gptkb:literary_criticism
Restoration literature
English drama
poetic form development
gptkbp:was_aplaywright gptkb:true
gptkbp:was_apoet gptkb:true
gptkbp:was_apolitical_satirist gptkb:true
gptkbp:was_awriter gptkb:true
gptkbp:was_educated_at gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Westminster_School
gptkbp:was_influenced_by gptkb:French_literature
classical literature
gptkbp:was_involved_in the Restoration of the monarchy
gptkbp:was_known_for dramatic works
critical essays
satirical poetry
his literary criticism
his political commentary
his use of heroic couplets
his adaptations of Shakespeare
his collaborations with other playwrights
his essays on dramatic poetry
his exploration of themes of love and politics
his moral and ethical themes in literature
gptkbp:was_the_poet_laureate_of gptkb:England
gptkbp:written_in gptkb:French
gptkb:Latin
English
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Absalom_and_Achitophel
gptkb:Mac_Flecknoe
gptkb:The_Tempest
gptkb:All_for_Love
gptkb:The_Hind_and_the_Panther
gptkb:The_Flower_and_the_Leaf
The Conquest of Granada
The Indian Emperor
The State of Innocence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Medea
gptkb:John_Keats
gptkb:Oedipus_Rex
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4