Mac Flecknoe (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Dryden
- First Published: 1682
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Mock-heroic
- Time of Work: Late 1670’s
- Setting: London, England
- Principal Characters: Flecknoe, Shadwell, Herringman, Sir Formal Trifle
- Genres: Satire, Poetry, Mock-heroic poetry
- Subjects: Tradition, Authors or writers, Literature, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Kings, queens, or royalty, London, Drama or dramatists, Rome, Aesthetics
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
Flecknoe, the monarch of dullness, sensed the approaching end of his long reign and began to reflect on an appropriate successor. He planned to crown a new monarch before death overcame him. In order to secure a proper succession, he was willing, even eager, to abdicate. Fortunately, candidates were numerous; among his numerous poetic sons, many were suitably dull and stupid. Yet with little hesitation, he concluded that Shadwell most resembled himself in dullness and was therefore the ideal choice. Even Shadwell’s portly, rotund appearance was an element favorable...
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John Dryden (Cyclopedia of World Authors)John Dryden (Poetry)John Dryden (Dictionary of World Biography)John Dryden (Drama)
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