ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"MACFLECKNOE : A SATIRE UPON THE TRUE-BLUE PROTESTANT POET T.S.” John Dryden (1684) Although a first authorized published edition of “MacFlecknoe” by John Dryden appeared in Miscellaney Poems in 1684, it had been circulated in unapproved versions since 1682.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Medal: A Satire Against Sedition (1709)

Detailed explanation-3: -Dryden the poet is best known today as a satirist, although he wrote only two great original satires: Mac Flecknoe (1682) and The Medall (1682). His most famous poem, Absalom and Achitophel (1681) contains several brilliant satiric portraits. But unlike satire, it comes to a final, tragic resolution.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Dryden was a brilliant and shattering satirist in verse. He wrote three great satires which touched the highest watermark of satirical poetry. Dryden’s satires are distinguished by keen and biting wit, subtle irony and brilliant inventiveness.

Detailed explanation-5: -The basis of the satire, which represents Shadwell as a literary dunce, is the disagreement between him and Dryden over the quality of Ben Jonson’s wit. Dryden thinks Jonson deficient in this quality, while Shadwell regards the Elizabethan playwright with uncritical reverence.