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The Aeneid (Paperback)
Virgil; Translated by John Dryden
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R228
Discovery Miles 2 280
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Originally published in 1928, this book contains an edition of John
Dryden's play King Arthur, which was first performed in 1691. The
subsequent alterations made by Henry Purcell are noted where they
alter or expand the text. This book will be of value to anyone with
an interest in English opera or Restoration drama.
Originally published in 1911 and part of the English Literature for
Schools series, this book contains three books from the 1697
edition of John Dryden's translation of Virgil's Aeneid. Hamilton
Thompson supplies an introduction on the history of the Aeneid and
Dryden's translation of it, as well as critical notes on variations
in the translation's text. This book will be of value to anyone
with an interest in the history of Classical education.
Although John Dryden the poet is best known for his alexandrine
epics, John Dryden the playwright is most honored for this blank
verse tragedy. The summit of Dryden's dramatic art, All for Love
(1677) is a spectacle of passion as felt, feared, and disputed in
the suspicious years following the English Civil War. Due to its
dramatic compression and elegance, All for Love is one of the most
enduring plays of the Restoration repertory. It was so successful
that in the eighteenth century Dryden's tragedy drove Shakespeare's
Antony and Cleopatra from the stage. The play depicts the
catastrophic passion of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, who could not be
conquered but by love. Fidelity to family and friends, adherence to
codes of honor, national loyalties, and the rule of law compete
with each other, tearing the world with violence.
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Aureng-Zebe (Paperback)
John Dryden; Edited by Frederick M Link
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R517
R491
Discovery Miles 4 910
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Aureng-Zebe was John Dryden's last rhymed play and it is
frequently considered his best. In this tragedy, produced in 1675,
published in 1676, the plot is loosely based on a contemporary
account of the struggle between the four sons of Shah Jahan, the
fifth Mogul emperor, for the succession to the throne. The hero is
a figure of exemplary rationality, virtue, and patience whose
stepmother lusts after him and whose father pursues the woman with
whom Aureng-Zebe is himself in love. Dryden evinces a deeply
disturbing awareness of the anarchy and impotence which threaten
every aspect of human life, emotional, moral, and political.
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All for Love
John Dryden
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R498
Discovery Miles 4 980
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