JOHN DRYDEN ( 1631-1700). ... At that time, some people were afraid of Charles II's brother -James II- because of Catholic influence-as the king's party supported the Catholic position-. ... Dryden uses biblical figures to refer to Charles II-David-, Absalom-Monmouth- and Shaftesbury-Achitopel- and describes a view associated with symmetry as in Milton's "Paradise Lost-. ... He was a political poet -Anglican at this time- and he was also made Poet Laureate and Historiographer since 1670, but he also had an official position, his reason and interests were all on the side of leg...

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