John Dryden
1631 - 1700
17th-century British playwright, poet and translator, whose diverse works were topical and influential.
John Dryden was the most influential man of literature in the second half of 17th-century England.
His works were very diverse; he wrote 30 plays, including operas and a masque, poetry as well as translations from Latin, including a translation of The Works of Virgil.
His works were always very topical - he became Poet Laureate but, refusing to denounce his Catholic faith when the Protestant King William III ascended to the throne, later lost this position.
Essays
"An Ungrateful Soyl": The Sexual Politics of John Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel" -- Absalom and Achitophel's obsession with female sexuality and its consequences for the state.
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