TY - GEN T1 - Pen for a party : Dryden's Tory propaganda in its contexts T2 - Princeton legacy library. A1 - Harth, Phillip, 1926- LA - English PP - Princeton, New Jersey PB - Princeton University Press YR - 1993 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn905863558 AB - 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 Albion and Albanius, have commonly been considered in relation to such public events as the Popish Plot, the Exclusion Crisis, and the Tory Reaction, but that approach does not explain the noticeable differences among these works or the specific purp. OP - 354 NO - Includes index. CN - PR3427.P6 .H37 1993eb SN - 9781400872787 SN - 1400872782 SN - 9780691604336 SN - 0691604339 SN - 0691069727 (acid-free paper) KW - Dryden, John, : 1631-1700 : Political and social views. KW - Dryden, John, : 1631-1700 : Prose. KW - Conservative Party (Great Britain) KW - Dryden, John, : 1631-1700 KW - Politics and literature : Great Britain : History : 17th century. KW - Conservatism : Great Britain : History : 17th century. KW - Propaganda, British : History : 17th century. KW - Great Britain : Politics and government : 1660-1688. KW - Politique et littérature : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : 17e siècle. KW - Conservatisme : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : 17e siècle. KW - Propagande britannique : Histoire : 17e siècle. KW - Grande-Bretagne : Politique et gouvernement : 1660-1688. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. KW - POETRY : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. KW - Conservatism KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Political and social views KW - Politics and government KW - Politics and literature KW - Propaganda, British KW - Great Britain KW - 1600-1699 KW - History ER -