All for Love John Dryden 9781490563152 Books
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The age of Elizabeth, memorable for so many reasons in the history of England, was especially brilliant in literature, and, within literature, in the drama. With some falling off in spontaneity, the impulse to great dramatic production lasted till the Long Parliament closed the theaters in 1642; and when they were reopened at the Restoration, in 1660, the stage only too faithfully reflected the debased moral tone of the court society of Charles II. John Dryden (1631-1700), the great representative figure in the literature of the latter part of the seventeenth century, exemplifies in his work most of the main tendencies of the time. He came into notice with a poem on the death of Cromwell in 1658, and two years later was composing couplets expressing his loyalty to the returned king. He married Lady Elizabeth Howard, the daughter of a royalist house, and for practically all the rest of his life remained an adherent of the Tory Party. In 1663 he began writing for the stage, and during the next thirty years he attempted nearly all the current forms of drama. His "Annus Mirabilis" (1666), celebrating the English naval victories over the Dutch, brought him in 1670 the Poet Laureateship. He had, meantime, begun the writing of those admirable critical essays, represented in the present series by his Preface to the "Fables" and his Dedication to the translation of Virgil. In these he shows himself not only a critic of sound and penetrating judgment, but the first master of modern English prose style.
All for Love John Dryden 9781490563152 Books
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All for Love John Dryden 9781490563152 Books Reviews
This is a Restoration play. There is a myth going around about the Restoration in England after the Cromwell era that pretends they were imitating the French model. First of all it is absurd because the plays, most of those who have survived, or the masques and semi-operas are very often inspired from Shakespeare or Marlowe, hence the Elizabethan period, and not at all the French models.
This here play is typical since it is a rewriting of Shakespeare's play Anthony and Cleopatra. We can maybe see in the attempt to unify the tone and genre by getting rid of any witty comic scene of any kind an influence from the classical drama in France at that time and their famous unities of place, time and subject. This version of this drama is more intensely centered on the love and friendship Antony may have experienced in his position and less on Cleopatra per se and her own world.
Cleopatra is clearly set in contrast if not opposition with Octavia, Antony's wife, but that does not really bring any more light of any type to Cleopatra. She appears as being a calculating lover who is ready to do anything to retain her Antony. Antony on the other side is shown as a rather weak man who is divided between doing what is right for Rome and being faithful to his love and at the same time to his friends. He is thus manipulated to the utmost by Cleopatra who plays the jealous competition game and by Dolabella who takes advantage of this jealous game to get Cleopatra for himself.
Then the play appears to be nothing but a long prologue to the final still life scene with Antony and Cleopatra in their regalia and political paraphernalia sitting dead on their thrones with the dead servants who have accompanied them in that fate at their feet and only Cleopatra's eunuch still alive and who will go to Rome for the Triumph of the Emperor and probably be put to death in some kind of entertaining way afterwards. What's left then after the play? Not much. Even the language of love and friendship is not that lyrical and poetical. It is rather flat. What's more it does not have the beauty of Shakespeare's verse because it is highly irregular.
That period will only flourish with music and the semi-operas of Purcell and then the operas of Handel will find some beauty and style, with long and maybe boring plays behind by Dryden or others, but we have completely forgotten those plays and we only know the music of King Arthur or The Fairy Queen. The Restoration was the time when theaters were reopened after forty years or so of closure or limitations but it was not always all that funny and did not produce great plays that have survived their period. Freedom is not always the most inspiring force.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
very nice book and all about love, i enjoy tasha tudors books. she always includes her puppies. i also love he drawings
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What can I say? Tasha Tudor books are beautiful to look at with her lovely sketches and a pleasure to read too. I love all of Tasha's books. The book put me in a magical mood. She transports me to a quiet and gentle setting. I ordered this to have by Valentine's Day but was afraid I had waited to long. It arrived in time and completed my decorations.
If Tasha Tudor's name in on the cover, there is a visual delight inside. This book is especially sweet and tender for those who find love the purest of all emotions.
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While the copy I received is adequate, it is not the student edition as pictured. I am perfectly happy with the contents, but the cover does not match the rest of my collection. The cover is only a minor detail in the purchase, but still should be mentioned. The posting should be accurate.
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