Six Centuries of Verse

Name: Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745
Released: 1984-06-20
Duration: 400 min

Season 1 • Episode 8: Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745 • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 8: Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745

June 20, 1984 • 400 min

An overview of the great age of satire: among the works featured are Rochester's 'A Satire Against Reason and Mankind', Dryden's 'Absalom and Achitophel' and the mock-heroic 'MacFlecknoe', and Pope's masterpiece of mordant wit, 'The Dunciad'.

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