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The State of Innocence is a dramatic work by John Dryden, originally intended as the libretto to an opera. It was written around 1673–4, [1] and first published in 1677. The work is a rhymed adaption of John Milton 's epic poem Paradise Lost, and retells the Biblical story of the fall of man .
Jun 18, 2014 · Topics. Fall of man, Operas. Publisher. London : Printed by H [enry]. H [ills]. for Henry Herringman, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange. Collection. bplsctpbs; bplsceep; bostonpubliclibrary; americana. Contributor. Boston Public Library. Language. English. An adaptation of Milton's Paradise lost. Printer's name Cf. ESTC. ESTC.
Mar 4, 2021 · Dryden published The State of Innocence as an Opera in Five Acts. This audio is an excerpt from Act IV Scene 1 - Raphael and Gabriel discourse with Adam about the will, freedom and necessity, cause and effect, and good and evil.
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The text comes from The State of Innocence and the Fall of Man (London, 1674). —— Vtinam modo dicere possem Carmina digna Deâ: certè est Dea Carmine digna,
This chapter reconsiders John Dryden’s dramatic adaptation of Paradise Lost, The State of Innocence. Not exactly neglected, neither has Dryden’s opera been much appreciated by modern critics.
In Dryden’s “Apology” to his heroic opera The State of Innocence , he praises his source, Milton’s Paradise Lost, as “one of the greatest, most noble, and most sublime POEMS, which this Age or Nation has produc’d,” and he prefaces this remark with the
The state of innocence and fall of man an opera, written in heroique verse and dedicated to her Royal Highness, the Dutchess / by John Dryden ... Author Dryden, John, 1631-1700.
