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- catalog abstract """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.".
- catalog contributor b10433938.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description """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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-193) and index.".
- catalog description "Seneca by candlelight -- Iphigenia in Durham -- The saint in the brothel -- Voluntary wounds -- Ethnicke lamentations -- Epilogue.".
- catalog extent "201 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama.".
- catalog identifier "0812234138 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,".
- catalog relation "Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama.".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog subject "822/.309 21".
- catalog subject "Classical literature Appreciation England.".
- catalog subject "English drama 17th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English drama Classical influences.".
- catalog subject "English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Mythology, Classical, in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR655 .H45 1997".
- catalog subject "Renaissance England.".
- catalog subject "Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Influence.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Seneca by candlelight -- Iphigenia in Durham -- The saint in the brothel -- Voluntary wounds -- Ethnicke lamentations -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama / Lorraine Helms.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".