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The Life of St. Francis Xavier

John Dryden, Alan Roper, Vinton A. Dearing

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This volume contains Dryden's 1688 translation of Dominiques Bouhours "The Life of St. Francis Xavier," a sixteenth century Jesuit and missionary to the Far East.

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication Date

3/29/2024

ISBN

9780520905320

Pages

551

About the Author

Portrait of author John Dryden
John Dryden
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John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John."

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