| Aureng-Zebe Contributor(s): Dryden, John (Author), Link, Frederick M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0803253761 ISBN-13: 9780803253766 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1971 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.4 |
| LCCN: 78123119 |
| Series: Bison Book |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.1" W x 8.1" (0.40 lbs) 131 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |