Purcell and Dryden’s King Arthur and the Myth of the Golden Age
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the King Arthur de Purcell and Dryden, a semi-opera or dramatic opera in Dryden terms, breaks with English heroic mode and shapes the narrative of Arthurian legend according to the criteria of Greek-Roman mythology. From a poetic or political point of view, King Arthur brings back to the scene the values of a golden age and peace and testifies to his way of showing the aesthetics of the English Restauration Theatre.