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Allegory

Allegory

An allegory is a narrative in which the agents and action, and sometimes the setting as well, are contrived not only to make sense in themselves, but also to signify a second, correlated order of persons, things, concepts, or events.

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Dryden’s <i>Absalom and Achitophel</i>: Some History

Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel: Some History

To understand Dryden’s poem, we must have some awareness of the religious and political context which it reflects; and to understand this, we must go backward in time.

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