Aureng-Zebe

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.

Zusammenfassung

Focuses on a contemporary account of the struggle between the four sons of Shah Jahan, the fifth Mogul emperor, for the succession to the throne.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Dryden
• Mitarbeit: Frederick M Link (Herausgeber), Frederick M. Link (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Nebraska
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.1971
• EAN: 9780803253766
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-5376-6
• Seiten: 131
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 206 mm x 12 mm
• Gewicht: 181 g
• Serien: Bison Book; Bison Book
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Theater, Ballett