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Synopsis John Dryden, an English poet and dramatist who would dominate literary efforts of The Restoration, was born in 1631 in England. He wrote almost thirty works for the stage as well as a major critical study and number of translations including the works of Virgil. He died in 1700. The main topics included in this book are: John Dryden: An Overview; The Marks of Character: Physiology and Physiognomy in ‘Absalom and Achitophel’; Radical Royalism: Strategy and Ambivalence in Dryden’s Tragicomedies; Identity in Dryden’s ‘Amphitryon’: Cuckolds of Order; Dryden’s ‘Defence of the Epilogue’: A Reinterpretation; Dryden’s Sixth Satire of Juvenal and the Sexual Politics of Monarchy; Judas-Friars of the Popish Plot: The Catholic Perspective on Dryden’s The Spanish Fryar; Self-Assessment in Dryden’s ‘Amphitryon’; etc. An ideal work of reference for students, teachers and researchers.