Abstract
DRYDEN'S Essay of Dramatic Poesy was first published in 1668.' Although its author modestly described it as written in a 'rude and indigested manner', it is, as W. P. Ker has said, his 'most elaborate piece of criticism, and the most careful of his prose works'.2 The extent of Dryden's interest is perhaps shown by the fact that when the Essay was reprinted in 1684, it incorporated a number of corrections made by the author himself. These corrections are of considerable importance to the linguist and emphasize Dryden's consciousness of language, more particularly 'correct' language, a consciousness of which we have evidence elsewhere in his works.3
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