Who said that 'Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets; Jonson was the Virgil, the pattern of elaborate writing'?
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Correct answer: B. John Dryden
Explanation
The line is from Neander's 'Examen of The Silent Woman' in Dryden's An Essay of Dramatic Poesy (1668). Dryden admires Jonson's correctness but loves Shakespeare more for his natural genius: 'I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.'
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