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Works of John Dryden. Volume 12, Plays ; Ambboyna. The State of Innocence. Aureng-Zebe /
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 Indo...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley, CA :
University of California Press,
[2020]
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| Edición: | Reprint 2020 |
| Colección: | Works of John Dryden ;
Volume 12 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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). |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (578 p.) : 1 frontisp. |
| ISBN: | 9780520913646 9783110635348 |
| Acceso: | restricted access |