Shakespeare and Senecan Tragedy

A new approach to understanding the relationship between Shakespearean tragedy and Senecan tragedy, this book has implications for our understanding Shakespeare's major tragedies, for our understanding of tragedy as a genre, and for our understanding of early modern classical reception.

List of contents

1. Shakespeare and the resources of Senecan tragedy; 2. Richard III as Senecan history; 3. Seneca and the modernity of Hamlet; 4. Seneca and the antisocial in King Lear; 5. Republican Coriolanus and Imperial Seneca; 6. Seneca, Titus, and Imperial globalization; 7. Senecan Othello and the Republic of Venice.

About the author

Curtis Perry is Professor of English with an appointment in the Classics Department at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of various publications, including The Making of Jacobean Culture (Cambridge, 1997) and Literature and Favoritism in Early Modern England (Cambridge, 2006).

Summary

A new approach to understanding the relationship between Shakespearean tragedy and Senecan tragedy, this book has implications for our understanding Shakespeare's major tragedies, for our understanding of tragedy as a genre, and for our understanding of early modern classical reception.

Product details

• Authors: Perry Curtis Perry, Curtis Perry, Curtis (University of Illinois) Perry, Perry Curtis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781108496179
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49617-9
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean