Dryden vs Shadwell - a Poetic Duel
Author: first_name: John
last_name: Dryden
first_name: Thomas
last_name: Shadwell
Language: English
Year: 1682

Throughout history there have been many creative artists whose fame depends largely on their association with a much greater artist. Such the case of Thomas Shadwell, poet and prolific writer of low brow comedies, who is today most famous as the butt of satire by one of greatest and most influential English poets, John Dryden. Shadwell and Dryden were at first colleagues and collaborators, but later fell out over some sharp divergences of opinion. In particular, Dryden disagreed with Shadwell's