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Exploring the political climate during the final years of the reign of Charles II, when John Dryden wrote his great public poems and several of his dramatic works, Phillip Harth sheds new light on this writer's literary activity on behalf of the monarch. The poems Absalom and Achitophel and The...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harth, Phillip, 1926- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1993.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Dryden, John, > 1631-1700 > Political and social views.
Dryden, John, > 1631-1700 > Prose.
Dryden, John, > 1631-1700
Conservative Party (Great Britain)
1600-1699
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Conservatism > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Propaganda, British > History > 17th century.
Politique et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Conservatisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Propagande britannique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Conservatism
Criticism and interpretation
Political and social views
Politics and government
Politics and literature
Propaganda, British
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1660-1688.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1660-1688.
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER 1. The Pulpit
  • CHAPTER 2. Parliament and the Press
  • CHAPTER 3. The Nation 's Savior
  • CHAPTER 4. The Association
  • CHAPTER 5. A Second Restoration
  • Epilogue
  • APPENDIX 1. Political Allusions in Dryden 's Prologues and Epilogues, 1678-1684
  • APPENDIX 2. The Misplaced Lines in Absalom ,and Achitophel
  • Abbreviations and Note on Documentation
  • Notes
  • Index

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