The Works of John Dryden, Volume XII
Plays Ambboyna, The State of Innocence, Aureng-Zebe
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The Works of John Dryden, Volume XII
Plays Ambboyna, The State of Innocence, Aureng-Zebe
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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). This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.
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
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations
- AMBOYNA OR THE CRUELTIES OF THE DUTCH TO THE ENGLISH MERCHANTS
- THE STATE OF INNOCENCE AND FALL OF MAN
- AURENG-ZEBE
- COMMENTARY
- TEXTUAL NOTES
- APPENDIX
- INDEX TO THE COMMENTARY