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- Title
DRYDEN'S ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL AND PLUTARCH'S ANTONY.
- Authors
Evans, G. Blakemore
- Abstract
The article focuses on two books, John Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel," and Plutarch's "Life of Antony." While Dryden was preparing himself for writing "All for Love," it may fairly be supposed that his eye must have fallen on the following passage in Sir Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's "Life of Antony." Plutarch and Dryden offer a bold defence of promiscuity presented as royal 'generosity'. They also emphasize the constraining effect of man-made law and the force of nature's working. There are also two possible verbal links ('the womb of one onely woman'; 'Nobility was multiplyed amongst men').
- Subjects
BOOKS; ABSALOM &; Achitophel (Poem : Dryden); DRYDEN, John, 1631-1700; PLUTARCH, ca. 46-120; GENEROSITY in literature; NOBILITY (Social class) in literature
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 1987, Vol ns-34, Issue 3, p331
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Article