Pen for a Party : Dryden's Tory Propaganda in Its Contexts /

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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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Main Author: Harth, Phillip, 1926- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1993.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dryden, John, > 1631-1700.
Dryden, John, > 1631-1700 > Political and social views.
Dryden, John, > 1631-1700 > Prose.
Conservative Party (Great Britain)
Propaganda, British.
Politics and literature.
Politics and government.
Political and social views.
Criticism and interpretation.
Conservatism.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Propagande britannique > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Conservatisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Politique et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Propaganda, British > History > 17th century.
Conservatism > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1660-1688.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1660-1688.
History.
Electronic books.
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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