Fairren Thompson

Dr. Lisa Niles

ENG 317

March 20, 2008

Bibliographic Research Assignment #3

                In locating John Dryden and his work, Absalom and Achitophel in MLA International Bibliography and World Cat, the search parameters that I used was just typing the words that I was looking for, such as the author, and searching the database.  I found that the MLA International Bibliography database was much more useful to the information that I needed and was able to locate.  In MLA International Bibliography, I was able to pull up at least 371 items under the author’s name as keyword and 369 when I switched the author’s name to subject.  I actual had quite a bit of trouble with the World Cat database and it did not really give me any relevant material or hardly any at all.  I noticed there were no commonalities between the two databases on the material that I was looking for.  There was a lot of information to choose from within my searching, however I chose articles based on keywords and phrases.  The way I actually picked the articles was I looked for themes of interest and also topics that were both broad and specific so that I would have a lot to choose from.  I tried to focus of articles dealing directly with Absalom and Achitophel and also articles dealing particularly with John Dryden.  Then I chose gender along with the author to add a few other sources to my bibliography.  Ultimately, I do have a nice range of information to choose from; furthermore, I do believe I will be able to draw upon comparison among the different sources.  There were some other names that I recognized such as Alan Roper and Kathryn Walls who had more than one article posted.  The themes that caught my interest were the ones that addressed particular issues of analysis within Absalom and Achitophel.  For example, one article focuses on satire and rhetoric strategies within the article and another one focuses on the historical views within Absalom and Achitophel.  I believe that my sources are very valuable and will help with further research involving John Dryden and his work, Absalom and Achitophel.

Berland, K. J. H. “The Marks of Character: Physiology and Physiognomy in Absalom

                and Achitophel.” Philological Quarterly. 76.2 (1997) 193-218. 19.

                (not available)

Choi, Jae-Hun. “Satire and Rhetoric Strategies in Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel”

                Milton Studies: The Journal of the Milton Studies in Korea. 12.1 (2002) 123-42. (not available)         

 

Donnelly, Jerome. “‘A Greater Gust’: Generating the Body in Absalom and Achitophel.”

                Papers on Language and Literature: A Journal for Scholars and Critics of 

                Language and Literature. 40.2 (2004) 115-41. (available)

Matthew, George. “Sexism in Dryden’s Criticism: From Text to Context.” Central

                Institite of Englishand Foreign Languages Bulletin. 14.1 (2004) 93-112.

                 (not available)

Kelchner, Heidi. “Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel.” Explicator. 51.4 (1993) 216-

 

Kim, Hyun-Saeng. “A Study of Dryden’s Historical Views in Absalom and Achitophel.”

                Journal of English Language and Literature/Yongo Yongmunhak. 46.1 (2000):

                87-107. (not available)

Mason, Tom. “On (Not) Writing Literary and Critical History: Dryden’s Preface to

                Ancient Modern.” Critical Pasts: Writing Criticism, Writing History.Ed. Phillip

                Smallwood. Lewisburg, PA; Bucknell UP (2004) ix. 212. (available)

Onishi, Yoichi. “In the Quest of National Solidarity: Gender and Empire in John

                Dryden’s Amboyna” Shiron. 35 (1996) 1-18. (not available)

Plumsky, Roger. “Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel.” Explicator. 60.1 (2001) 12-15.

                 (available)

Robertson, Randy. “The Delicate Art of Anonymity: The Case of Absalom and

                Achitophel.” Restoration: Studies in English and Literary Culture, 1600-1700.

                27.2 (2003) 41-60. (not available)

Roper, Alan. “Absalom’s Issue: Parallel Poems in the Restoration.” Studies in Philiogy.

                93.3 (2002) 268-94. (available)

 “Who’s Who in Absalom and Achitophel?” Huntington Library Quarterly:

                Studies in English and American History and Literature. 63.1 (2000) 99-138.

 (not available)

Runge, Laura L. “‘The Softness of Expression, and the Smoothness of Measure’: A

                Model of Gendered Decorum from Dryden’s Criticism.” Essays in Literature.

                20.2 (1993) 197-212. (not available)

Schille, Candy B. K. “At the Crossroads: Gendered Desire, Political Occasion, and

                Dryden and Lee’s Oedipus.” Papers on Language and Literature: A Journal for

                Scholars and Critics of Language and Literatue. 40.3 (2004)  305-28. (available)

Skouen, Tina. “The Vocal Wit of John Dryden.” Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of

                Rhetoric. 24.4 (2006) 371-401. (not available)

Stove, R. J. “Dryden in His Time and Ours.” New Criterion. 25.2 (2006) 24-28.

                (available)

Walls, Kathryn. “‘Adam-Wits’ in Absalom and Achitophel.” Notes and Queries. 52.3

 (2005) 337-38.  (not available)

Pina, Melissa. “Translating toward Eternity: Dryden’s Final Aspiration.” Philosophical

                Quarterly.  84.1 (2005) 49-75. (available)