Six Centuries of Verse - Season 1 Episode 8 Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745
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'.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Channel 4
- Keyword: poetry
- Cast: John Gielgud
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