PREFACE.

INTRODUCTION.

THE BACKGROUND.

LIFE OF DRYDEN.

PALAMON AND ARCITE

DRYDEN'S PLACE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.

REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY

PALAMON AND ARCITE; OR, THE KNIGHT'S TALE. FROM CHAUCER.

BOOK I.

BOOK II.

BOOK III.

NOTES. DEDICATION.

To

Henry A. Beers

Professor Of English Literature In Yale University
Who First Aroused My Interest In Dryden
And Directed My Study Of His Works
This Volume Is Respectfully Inscribed

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

INTRODUCTION.

THE BACKGROUND.

LIFE OF DRYDEN.

PALAMON AND ARCITE

DRYDEN'S PLACE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.

REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY

PALAMON AND ARCITE;

BOOK I.

BOOK II.

BOOK III.

NOTES.