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The Resource Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama, Lorraine Helms
Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama, Lorraine Helms
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- Summary
- ""English Seneca read by candlelight," wrote the Elizabethan author Thomas Nashe, "will afford you whole Hamlets." In the early decades of this century, literary and theater historians took Nashe at his word, finding Senecan tragedy at the source of Renaissance drama. More recently, critics have been inclined to dismiss traces of classical antiquity as a superficial veneer on a drama derived from medieval traditions." "In Seneca by Candlelight Lorraine Helms revisits this terrain to explore the rich and various ways in which classical learning shaped the theatrical culture of the Renaissance. Grounding her book as much in her own experiences as a performer as on her easy command of literary and social history, Helms uncovers the practical advice on acting and stagecraft to be found in the writings of ancient rhetoricians; reconstructs the extraordinary circumstances under which an English woman first rendered Euripides into her native language; and ponders the precedents in antiquity for Elizabethan portrayals of prostitution and female martyrdom."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 201 pages
- Contents
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- Seneca by candlelight
- Iphigenia in Durham
- The saint in the brothel
- Voluntary wounds
- Ethnicke lamentations
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780812234138
- Label
- Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama
- Title
- Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama
- Statement of responsibility
- Lorraine Helms
- Subject
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- Antike
- Classical literature -- Appreciation
- Classical literature -- Appreciation -- England
- Classical literature | Appreciation | England
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Drama
- Engels
- England
- Englisch
- English drama
- English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
- English drama -- Classical influences
- English drama -- Classical influences
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
- English drama | 17th century | History and criticism
- English drama | Classical influences
- English drama | Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 | History and criticism
- 1500 - 1699
- Geschichte | 1580-1642
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Klassieke oudheid
- Literatur
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Nash, Thomas
- Renaissance
- Renaissance -- England
- Renaissance | England
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (Philosophus)
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus | ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D | Influence
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Influence
- Toneelstukken
- Geschichte 1580-1642
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- ""English Seneca read by candlelight," wrote the Elizabethan author Thomas Nashe, "will afford you whole Hamlets." In the early decades of this century, literary and theater historians took Nashe at his word, finding Senecan tragedy at the source of Renaissance drama. More recently, critics have been inclined to dismiss traces of classical antiquity as a superficial veneer on a drama derived from medieval traditions." "In Seneca by Candlelight Lorraine Helms revisits this terrain to explore the rich and various ways in which classical learning shaped the theatrical culture of the Renaissance. Grounding her book as much in her own experiences as a performer as on her easy command of literary and social history, Helms uncovers the practical advice on acting and stagecraft to be found in the writings of ancient rhetoricians; reconstructs the extraordinary circumstances under which an English woman first rendered Euripides into her native language; and ponders the precedents in antiquity for Elizabethan portrayals of prostitution and female martyrdom."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Helms, Lorraine Rae
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR655
- LC item number
- .H45 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
- Nash, Thomas
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (Philosophus)
- English drama
- English drama
- Classical literature
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- English drama
- Renaissance
- Classical literature
- English drama
- English drama
- English drama
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Renaissance
- Engels
- Toneelstukken
- Klassieke oudheid
- Drama
- Literatur
- Antike
- Geschichte 1580-1642
- England
- Englisch
- Label
- Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama, Lorraine Helms
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-193) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Seneca by candlelight -- Iphigenia in Durham -- The saint in the brothel -- Voluntary wounds -- Ethnicke lamentations -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 201 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812234138
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 97015557
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)36847732
- (OCoLC)ocm36847732
- Label
- Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama, Lorraine Helms
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-193) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Seneca by candlelight -- Iphigenia in Durham -- The saint in the brothel -- Voluntary wounds -- Ethnicke lamentations -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 201 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812234138
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 97015557
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)36847732
- (OCoLC)ocm36847732
Subject
- Antike
- Classical literature -- Appreciation
- Classical literature -- Appreciation -- England
- Classical literature | Appreciation | England
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Drama
- Engels
- England
- Englisch
- English drama
- English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
- English drama -- Classical influences
- English drama -- Classical influences
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
- English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
- English drama | 17th century | History and criticism
- English drama | Classical influences
- English drama | Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 | History and criticism
- 1500 - 1699
- Geschichte | 1580-1642
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Klassieke oudheid
- Literatur
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Mythology, Classical, in literature
- Nash, Thomas
- Renaissance
- Renaissance -- England
- Renaissance | England
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (Philosophus)
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus | ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D | Influence
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Influence
- Toneelstukken
- Geschichte 1580-1642
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