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 Medall, and the dramatic works The Duke of Guise and A
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One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1993 "Indeed, [Harth's] study is as much about the history of Tory ideology, a history in which Dryden is a critical figure, as it is about Dryden's literary production. Placing the composition of each work in its historical context, Hearth brings greater skill to bear on this task than any previous commentator."--American Historical Review
