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Shadwell, Thomas
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Dramatist, who lives as the "MacFlecknoe" of Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel," born, of a good family, in Norfolk; studied law and adopted literature, in which he made a successful start with the comedy "The Sullen Lovers"; his numerous plays, chiefly comedies, are of little poetic value, but serve as useful commentaries on the Restoration period; quarrelled with and satirised Dryden in the "Medal of John Bayes," which drew forth the crushing retort in Dryden's famous satire; succeeded Dryden as poet-laureate in 1688 (1640-1692).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shadwell, Thomas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shadwell-thomas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shadwell, Thomas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shadwell-thomas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
