Pen for a party : Dryden's Tory propaganda in its contexts

Pen for a party : Dryden's Tory propaganda in its contexts /

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:English
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.
Conservative Party (Great Britain)
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Conservatism > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Propaganda, British > History > 17th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1660-1688.
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