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Aureng-Zebe

Aureng-Zebe

Dryden, John
Link, Frederick M.

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Series: Bison Book

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ISBN10: 0803253761
ISBN13: 9780803253766
Publisher: Univ Of Nebraska Pr
Published: Jan 1 1971
Pages: 131
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.10 Depth: 8.10
Language: English

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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