MacFlecknoe Summary

“Mac Flecknoe” by John Dryden Critic, playwright, poet, and translator, John Dryden (1631-1700) so dominated the literary scene of the later seventeenth century that it is often refer... Read more

In the following excerpt, Kingsley asserts that Dryden 's intention in writing Mac Flecknoe was to warn England against the cultural, moral, and political "chaos" that was being c... Read more