The Effulgence Within: Literary Quarrel: Dryden’s Mac Flecknoe

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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Literary Quarrel: Dryden’s Mac Flecknoe

Dryden's Mac Flecknoe (written 1678, published 1682) was the result of a literary and personal quarrel between Dryden and Thomas Shadwell, a minor playwright. The poem is full of allusions to literary figures, plays, poems and publishers. Mac Flecknoeis a mock-heroic satire. This is literary a mode... Sign in to see full entry.

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