open letters

[angevin2]

Dear John Dryden,

While "hate" is a very strong word and I try to avoid it even when addressing dead poets, I really, really, REALLY don't like you, you creepy Tory hack.

No love whatsoever,
Lea

Dear John Milton,

I like you a lot better than I like Dryden, but I'm not particularly happy with you at the moment, either.

Exasperatedly yours,
Lea

Comments

I thought you were a Milton fangirl?

[dakiwiboid]

What's provoked your ire? Dryden sucks rocks through a sieve, generally.

Re: I thought you were a Milton fangirl?

[angevin2]

I am a Milton fangirl, but I'm really, really frustrated with this stupid paper I'm trying to write.

[seraphimsigrist]

I imagine ,if you like poetry, which can
be a big if today, something good written
about dryen could help...I dont know off hand
but it was c s lewis' gift to make attractive
writers who might seem remote ,perhaps his
preface to paradise lost and 'seventeenth
century english literature' might be the
specifics for these two...

[tremonius]

Yo, Andrew Marvel, the first critic:

Malt does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to man

[jb1234]

You creepy Tory hack... I'm gonna have to remember that one.

You're so cute when you're indignant. ;)