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The Just and the Lively. The literary criticism of John Dryden. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. Winn, James Anderson: John Dryden and His World. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1987..* Hopkins, David: An Uncollected Translation from Voiture by John Dryden. Translation & Literature, 14:1 (2005 Spring), pp. 64–70.
Aureng-zebe is a Restoration drama by John Dryden, written in 1675. It is based loosely on the figures of Aurangzeb (Aureng-zebe), the then-reigning Mughal emperor of India; his brother, Murad Baksh (Morat); and their father, Shah Jahan (Emperor). The piece is the last drama that Dryden wrote in rhymed verse. It is considered his best tragic work.
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All for Love; or, the World Well Lost, is a 1677 heroic drama by John Dryden which is now his best-known and most performed play. It is dedicated to Earl of Danby.It is a tragedy written in blank verse and is an attempt on Dryden's part to reinvigorate serious drama.
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Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire, where his maternal grandfather was the rector of All Saints.He was the eldest of fourteen children born to Erasmus Dryden and wife Mary Pickering, paternal grandson of Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Barone t (1553–1632), and wife Frances Wilkes, Puritan landowning gentry who supported the Puritan cause and ...
Amphitryon is an English language comedy by John Dryden which is based on Molière's 1668 play of the same name which was in turn based on the story of the Greek mythological character Amphitryon as told by Plautus in his play from ca. 190-185 B.C. [1] Dryden's play, which focuses on themes of sexual morality and power, premiered in London in 1690.