Thomas Shadwell was refer to as “Mac Flecknoe”, a playwright whose work John Dryden despised.
Dryden satirized Shadwell as the son of (“Mac”) Richard Flecknoe, another bad contemporary poet.
Whom did John Dryden refer to as “Mac Flecknoe” in his 1682 poem of the same name?
by Pamela Landy · Filed Under: Literature
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