Seneca in English,9780140446678

Seneca in English

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ISBN13: 9780140446678
ISBN10: 0140446672
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-09-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Group USA
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Summary

Like his plays, the life of Seneca (c. 4 B.C.-A.D. 65) contains the dramatic elements of modern tragedy. Shakespeare adapted Senecan principles in his plays, and Seneca's works were imitated by a wide range of later writers. This superb selection of translations, adaptations, and variations--from the 1550s to the 1990s--vividly demonstrates Seneca's continuing presence in English drama and poetry.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements xi(2)
General introduction xiii(12)
I Seneca's life and works xiii(7)
II Seneca in the English tradition xx(5)
Further reading xxv(1)
Arguments of Seneca's plays xxvi
TRANSLATIONS AND IMITATIONS 3(236)
RENAISSANCE SENECA
3(142)
HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY
'The frailtie and hurtfulnes of beautie'
3(1)
SIR THOMAS WYATT
'Of the meane and sure estate'
4(1)
ANONYMOUS
'The power of loue ouer gods them selues'
5(1)
THOMAS SACKVILLE, 1st EARL OF DORSET
THOMAS NORTON
Gorboduc
6(1)
RICHARD EDWARDS
Damon and Pithias
7(2)
Tancred and Gismund
9(1)
GEORGE GASCOIGNE
Jacasta
10(2)
JASPER HEYWOOD
Hercules Furens; Troas; Thyestes
12(16)
JOHN STUDLEY
Hippolytus/Phaedra; Medea; Agamemnon; Hercules Oetaeus
28(28)
THOMAS NUCE
Octavia
56(1)
THOMAS NEWTON
Thebais
57(3)
ALEXANDER NEVILLE
Oedipus
60(3)
The Tragedy of Locrine
63(1)
THOMAS HUGHES
The Misfortunes of Arthur
64(2)
SIR EDWARD DYER
'My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is'
66(2)
THOMAS KYD
The Spanish Tragedy
68(1)
QUEEN ELIZABETH I
Hercules Oetaeus
69(1)
The True Tragedie of Richard III
73(1)
MARY SIDNEY, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE
The Tragedy of Antonie
74(5)
SIR ROBERT SIDNEY
'Translated out of Seneca'; 'In another place'
79(2)
The Tragedy of Master Arden of Faversham
81(1)
GEORGE PEELE
King Edward I
81(2)
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Richard III; A Midsummer Night's Dream; King John; Macbeth
83(2)
Dream; King John; Macbeth Edward III
85(1)
SAMUEL DANIEL
Philotas
86(1)
The Tragical Reign of Selimus
87(1)
JOHN MARSTON
Antonia and Mellida; Antonio's Revenge
88(2)
SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLING
Darius; the Alexandrian Tragedy
90(4)
GEORGE CHAPMAN
Bussy D'Ambois; The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois; The Conspiracy of Charles Duke of Byron
94(4)
CYRIL TOURNEUR
The Revenger's Tragedy
98(1)
BEN JONSON
Sejanus; Catiline; The Forrest, Epode XI; The Staple of News
98(10)
JOHN WEBSTER
The White Devil; The Duchess of Malfi
108(1)
SIR JOHN HARINGTON
Epigrams, Book IV, Ep. 5
109(1)
JOHN FORD
The Broken Heart
110(1)
HENRY CHETTLE
The Tragedy of Hoffman
110(1)
SIR FULKE GREVILLE, 1st BARON BROOKE
Mustapha
112
SIR FRANCIS BEAUMONT
JOHN FLETCHER
The Bloody Brother
113(5)
JOHN MILTON
Hercules Furens
118(1)
EDMUND PRESTWICH
Hippolytus/Phaedra
119(1)
SAMUEL PORDAGE
Troades
119(2)
ABRAHAM COWLEY
Thyestes
121(1)
JOHN WILMOT, 2nd EARL OF ROCHESTER
Troas
122(1)
JOHN WRIGHT
Thyestes
123(2)
SIR MATHEW HALE
Thyestes
125(1)
JOHN DRYDEN
NATHANIEL LEE
Oedipus
126(5)
JOHN CROWNE
Thyestes
131(1)
ANDREW MARVELL
Thyestes
132(1)
JOHN TALBOT
Troas
133(1)
SIR EDWARD SHERBURNE
Medea
134(6)
MATTHEW PRIOR
Troas; Picture of Seneca dying in a Bath
140(5)
INTERIM SENECA
145(32)
Introduction
145(8)
SIR RICHARD BLACKMORE
'The Safety of Low State'
153(2)
LEWIS THEOBALD
The Double Falsehood
155(1)
SAMUEL JOHNSON
Epigrams from Troades; Hippolytus/Phaedra; Hercules Furens
156(2)
CHARLES APTHORP WHEELWRIGHT
Octavia
158(2)
LEIGH HUNT
Thyestes
160(1)
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
The Excursion; 'Ode to Duty'
161(3)
ELLA ISABEL HARRIS
Thyestes
164(5)
FRANK JUSTUS MILLER
Hippolytus/Phaedra; Troades
169(8)
MODERN SENECA
177(62)
T.S. ELIOT
'Marina'; Sweeney Agonistes
177(13)
F.L. LUCAS
Oedipus; Hippolytus/Phaedra
190(2)
ASA M. HUGHES
Thyestes
192(1)
ROBERT LOWELL
Racine's Phedre
193(2)
TED HUGHES
Oedipus
195(15)
DOUGLAS PARKER
Thyestes
210(5)
JANE ELDER
Thyestes
215(4)
FREDERICK AHL
Trojan Women; Hippolytus/Phaedra
219(5)
A.J. BOYLE
Hippolytus/Phaedra
224(4)
J.P. SULLIVAN
Hercules Oetaeus
228
STEPHEN SANDY
Hercules Oetaeus
228(12)
CARYL CHURCHILL
Thyestes
230(4)
KELLY CHERRY
Octavia
234(2)
RACHEL HADAS
Oedipus
236(1)
DANA GIOIA
Hercules Furens
236(3)
Glossary of ancient and mythological terms 239(11)
Editions of Seneca in English: a selection 250(1)
List of translators 251(1)
Index of translators and adapters 252

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