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Alzire first appeared on the stage in 1736 to great acclaim and success. Alzire is set Lima Peru at the time of the Spanish conquest. Don Gusman a Spanish grandee has just succeeded his father Don Alvarez in the Governorship of Peru. The rule of Don Alvarez had been beneficent and just; he had spent his life in endeavoring to soften the cruelty of his countrymen; and his only remaining wish was to see his son carry on the work which he had begun. Unfortunately however Don Gusman's temperament was the very opposite of his father's; he was tyrannical harsh headstrong and bigoted. It is in vain that Don Alvarez reminds his son that the true Christian returns good for evil and as a result tragedy insues.Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.
Voltaire
Voltaire, the pen name of François-Marie Arouet, was one of the central writers and public intellectuals of the European Enlightenment. Born in Paris in 1694, he became famous as a poet, dramatist, historian, philosopher, satirist, and critic of religious intolerance and political oppression. His long career included plays, verse, histories, essays, philosophical tales, polemics, and correspondence, making him one of the most prolific and influential figures of eighteenth-century European letters.Best known today for works such as Candide, Letters on England, Zadig, Micromégas, and his many essays on toleration, reason, and civil liberty, Voltaire was also a major dramatist in his own time. His tragedies drew on classical French theatrical form while engaging contemporary questions about religion, authority, fanaticism, conquest, and human suffering. Alzire reflects his interest in moral drama shaped by political and religious conflict, using the stage to question domination and to argue for a more humane understanding of power. Voltaire died in 1778, leaving an enduring legacy as one of the defining voices of Enlightenment literature and thought.
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