Значение слова GILDON в Литературной энциклопедии

GILDON

CHARLES (1665-1724).-Critic and dramatist, belonged to a Roman Catholic family, and was an unsuccessful playwright, a literary hack, and a critic of little acumen or discrimination. He attacked Pope as "Sawny Dapper," and was in return embalmed in _The Dunciad_. He also wrote a Life of Defoe.

Литературная энциклопедия. 2012