János Barcsák, Márta Pellérdi

English literature 1660-1900

The Satires

During the two decades of his exposure to the public as a theatrical writer and as Poet Laureate Dryden had engaged in several theatrical, poetical, political and ecclesiastical controversies and had acquired – in spite of his otherwise amiable and not quite belligerent personality – quite a few enemies. From the 1680s, therefore, he turned to the classical genre of the satire to retaliate against his political and poetical adversaries with the elegant but still very effective weapon of ridicule. Two of his satires from this period stand out as especially successful and influential: a political one, Absalom and Achitophel (1681), and a poetical one, Mac Flecknoe (1682).

Tartalomjegyzék

Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2018

ISBN: 978 963 454 261 2

Irodalom PPKE BTK jegyzetek

A history of the English literature is presented here, with a scope on the years 1660 to 1900. The book is written in three main parts; beginning with the Restoration Period of the 17th century, followed by the first, and second halves of the 18th century. Thus, a sequential development of literary genres is presented, with explorations of the key figures and texts which drove these. The book also synthesises the historical, cultural and sociological background which gave rise to this literature, and allows the reader to effectively contextualise these.

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/barcsak-pellerdi-english-literature-1660-1900//

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