The Works of John Dryden, Volume XII

Plays Ambboyna, The State of Innocence, Aureng-Zebe

John Dryden (Autor)

Vinton A. Dearing (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

578 Seiten

1995
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-08247-2 (ISBN)

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The three plays in this volume, composed between 1672 or 1673 and 1675, demonstrate Dryden's versatility and inventiveness as a dramatist. "Amboyna", a tragedy written to stir the English to prosecute the Third Dutch War, describes the destruction by the Dutch of English trading posts on two Indonesian islands. Regarded in its time as sensationalist, it is really a dignified drama that decries violence. "The State of Innocence", termed an opera, is a rhymed version of Milton's "Paradise Lost". Though never performed or set to music, it became one of Dryden's most widely read dramas. "Aureng-Zebe", the last and generally considered the best of Dryden's rhymed heroic plays, portrays the rise to power of Mogul emperor Aureng-Zebe (1618-1707).

Vinton A. Dearing is Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.3.1995
Reihe/Serie	Works of John Dryden ; 12
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1089 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
ISBN-10	0-520-08247-8 / 0520082478
ISBN-13	978-0-520-08247-2 / 9780520082472
Zustand	Neuware