Pen for a Party

Dryden's Tory Propaganda in Its Contexts

Phillip Harth

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Princeton University Press
19 April 2016

Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Propaganda

Series: Princeton Legacy Library

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 purposes for which they were written. Harth argues that the immediate contexts of these works were not the historical events themselves but a constantly developing series of propaganda offensives, both Tory and Whig, designed to influence public opinion toward fluctuating conditions. Pen for a Party traces the halting process by which the government of Charles II developed propaganda as an effective instrument for gradually winning the public's acquiescence in its divisive policies.

It likewise shows how Dryden fashioned his own works to meet the needs of this propaganda campaign in each of its successive phases. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

By: Phillip Harth
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 1751
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 652g
ISBN: 9780691633480
ISBN 10: 0691633487
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Pages: 354
Publication Date: 19 April 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

PrefaceCh. 1The Pulpit3Ch. 2Parliament and the Press18Ch. 3The Nation's Savior62Ch. 4The Association138Ch. 5A Second Restoration206Epilogue269Appendix 1: Political Allusions in Dryden's Prologues and Epilogues, 1678-1684273Appendix 2: The Misplaced Lines in Absalom and Achitophel279Abbreviations and Note on Documentation286Notes287Index329

Reviews for Pen for a Party: Dryden's Tory Propaganda in Its Contexts

"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1993 ""Indeed, [Harth's] study is as much about the history of Tory ideology, a history in which Dryden is a critical figure, as it is about Dryden's literary production. Placing the composition of each work in its historical context, Hearth brings greater skill to bear on this task than any previous commentator.""--American Historical Review"