Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 732

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Author: Evelyn Mary Spearing Simpson
Publisher:
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Author: K. Heavey
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137466243
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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This is the first book-length study of early modern English approaches to Medea, the classical witch and infanticide who exercised a powerful sway over literary and cultural imagination in the period 1558-1688. It encompasses poetry, prose and drama, and translation, tragedy, comedy and political writing.

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (le Jeune.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Author: James Ker
Publisher: MHRA
ISBN: 0947623981
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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In the early Elizabethan period, nine of the ten tragedies attributed to the ancient Roman statesman, philosopher, and playwright Seneca (c. 1 BCE-65 CE) were translated for the first time into English, and these translations shaped Seneca's dramatic legacy as it would be known to later authors and playwrights. This edition enables readers to appreciate the distinct style and aims of three milestone translations: Jasper Heywood's 'Troas' (1559) and 'Thyestes' (1560), and John Studley's 'Agamemnon' (1566). The plays are presented in modern spelling and accompanied by critical notes clarifying the translators' approaches to rendering Seneca in English. The introduction provides important context, including a survey of the transmission and reception of Seneca from the first through to the sixteenth century and an analysis and comparison of the style of the three translations. James Ker is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Deaths of Seneca (2009), A Seneca Reader (2011), and articles on Greek and Roman literature. Jessica Winston is Professor of English at Idaho State University. She is the author of numerous articles on early Elizabethan literature and the Elizabethan reception of Seneca.

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Author: Helen Slaney
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474258638
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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Composed in early imperial Rome by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Stoic philosopher and tutor to the emperor Nero, the tragedy Medea is dominated by the superhuman energy of its protagonist: diva, killer, enchantress, force of nature. Seneca's treatment of the myth covers an episode identical to that of Euripides' Greek version, enabling instructive comparisons to be drawn. Seneca's Medea has challenged and fascinated theatre-makers across cultures and centuries and should be regarded as integral to the classical heritage of European theatre. This companion volume sketches the essentials of Seneca's play and at the same time situates it within an interpretive tradition. It also uses Medea to illustrate key features of Senecan dramaturgy, the way in which language functions as a mode of theatrical representation and the way in which individuals are embedded in their surrounding conditions, resonating dissonantly with the principles of Roman Stoicism. By interweaving some of the play's subsequent receptions, theatrical and textual, into critical analysis of Medea as dramatic poetry, this companion volume will encourage the student to come to grips immediately with the ancient text's inherent multiplicity. In this way, reception theory informs not only the content of the volume but also, fundamentally, the way in which it is presented.

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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