Dryden on Oldham; Oldham on Sodom; Dryden's scatology
Aug 31, 2010•1 hr 19 min
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Episode description
Some more restrictions imposed by the heroic couplet, and the possibilities they engender. Dryden on Oldham; the subtlety of his versification and the reality of his praise; Oldham's obscene poem against the author of Sodom (who may have been Rochester, whom Oldham had once admired).
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