
First published in 1682, Anti-Achitophel is a searing attack on the notorious politician and writer John Dryden. Samuel Pordage, a little-known poet, accuses Dryden of hypocrisy, plagiarism, and moral decay, among other sins. While the poem was largely forgotten after Pordage's...

First published in 1682, Anti-Achitophel is a searing attack on the notorious politician and writer John Dryden. Samuel Pordage, a little-known poet, accuses Dryden of hypocrisy, plagiarism, and moral decay, among other sins. While the poem was largely forgotten after Pordage's...

"Anti-Achitophel, 1682: Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden" presents a fascinating literary and political response to one of the most influential poems in the English language. This volume collects satirical verse written in direct opposition to John...

"Anti-Achitophel, 1682: Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden" presents a fascinating literary and political response to one of the most influential poems in the English language. This volume collects satirical verse written in direct opposition to John...