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Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745
June 20, 1984
400 min
Season 1 - Episode 8: Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745
00:00 / 45:00
Overview
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'.
Episode Information
TV Show
Six Centuries of Verse
Season
Season 1
Episode Number
8
Air Date
June 20, 1984
Runtime
400 minutes
Guest Stars
Nicholas Gecks
Himself - Reader
Julian Glover
Himself - Reader
Ian Richardson
Himself - Reader