单词 | Senecan |
例句 | These, while keeping to the Senecan form, often went beyond the stories of classical mythology and chose their subjects from the Bible or from ancient or modern history. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z But unfortunately these beginnings had hardly made themselves felt when the full current of the Renaissance was diverted across Germany, bringing in its train the Senecan tragedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z In Bradamante, which alone of his plays has no chorus, he cut himself adrift from Senecan models, and sought his subject in Ariosto, the result being what came to be known later as a tragi-comedy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The Senecan drama and the Aristotelian precepts were the sources of Sidney's theory of tragedy. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z Senecan tragedy abounded in bloodshed and horrors; the speeches are full of pompous rant, and their metre is most monotonous. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z English history plays were rare; Roman history plays frequent; Senecan closet dramas continued; the Marlowean and Kydian traditions received further development. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z But early English tragedy was shapen after the Senecan plays of Italy and after Seneca himself, all of whose dramas were translated by 1581. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Chapman, too, who was highly esteemed by clergy and scholars, was within call to point out to “artless Will” the merits of Senecan tragedy. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z This was merely a deduction from Senecan tragedy and the general practice of the classics. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z The tragedies are of the heavy Senecan type, but the satirical writings of both brothers are full of pungent wit of a pleasing kind. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Of English plays, "Gorboduc," "Tancred and Gismunda," "Jocasta," and "The Misfortunes of Arthur" were acted by gentlemen of the Inner Temple or Gray's Inn, and are all Senecan tragedies. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The early playwrights read Seneca in Latin and English, but also the foreign Senecan tragedies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The tragedies of Seneca were now being translated, and the play is conceived on Senecan lines. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The history, the third of the types into which the editors of the First Folio were to divide Shakespeare's plays, was also affected by Senecan influence. An Introduction to Shakespeare The Senecan series is composed of shallow-water deposits; the Tully limestone, a local bed in New York, thins out in places into a layer of pyrites which contains a remarkable dwarfed fauna. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" "Damon and Pithias" and "Appius and Virginia" were acted at court by children, and show little Senecan influence, but are medleys of tragedy, comedy, and music. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The Senecan form was not barren in itself, as its sequel in France was to show: it was only barren for England. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z In 1594 came his interesting Senecan tragedy of Cleopatra; in 1595 the first part of his chief work, The History of the Civil Wars, and in 1601 a collected folio of "Works." A History of Elizabethan Literature So it would be with the echo of two Senecan passages noted by Mr. Munro in the verses on "the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns." Montaigne and Shakspere Matters of this sort were much discussed in his time, the frequency of ghosts in Senecan plays having made them conspicuous in Elizabethan imitations, and religious controversy having stimulated interest in demonology. The Facts About Shakespeare The author knew his models by heart, borrowed much, availed himself of all the particulars of the Senecan technic, and imitated everywhere with a good deal of spirit and success. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z But while the Senecan and semi-Senecan methods had their dangers, their effect on English dramatists was in so far salutary that they necessitated care in plot-construction. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois Indeed the actual number of Senecan dramas in English is very small indeed, though there may possibly be some undiscovered in MS. A History of Elizabethan Literature Finally, there are other sources than Montaigne for parts of the soliloquy, sources nearer, too, than those which have been pointed to in 48the Senecan tragedies. Montaigne and Shakspere Kyd was a student of Seneca, a translator of Garnier's Cornelia, a Senecan imitation; and he adapted some elements of classical tragedy to the English stage. The Facts About Shakespeare From these critical comments we may infer that the popular drama had before 1585 triumphed over the Senecan. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Gordobuc is severely classical in its unities; it is of the Senecan species. The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 It will serve as an illustration of the kind of tragedy that was being evolved from Senecan models by plodding uninspired Englishmen before Marlowe flung his flaming torch amongst them. The Growth of English Drama Tragedies early began to be written on the strictly Senecan model, and generally, like Seneca's, with some ulterior intention. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge The Senecan drama finds its best modern development in the tragedies of Alfieri. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal This criticism, mostly Italian, interpreted Aristotle by means of the Senecan tragedies and so reinforced their influence; but it was also greatly modified by the medieval ideas of tragedy which we have already noticed. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Specific points of influence from Greek and Senecan tragedy. A History of English Literature In an earlier chapter we dealt with the divergence of that play from the English Senecan school of tragedy. The Growth of English Drama The Elizabethan audience, as we have seen, loved action, and in these Senecan tragedies the action took place "off." English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge The arguments against the Senecan authorship are of little weight. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal The story from "The Morte D'Arthur" was suggested by its likeness to Senecan plots; and the play was an ambitious attempt to use British legend as Seneca had treated classical myth. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z He was a Senecan, and so should have been on the side of the Long House; but it was plain that he was an outcast from his tribe, and, indeed, from the whole Indian brotherhood. Salute to Adventurers Wholly Senecan and dull, it is merely a translation of a French play of the same name by Garnier. The Growth of English Drama The idea of Nemesis, made clear in Polydore Virgil's account of Richard, must have suggested a Senecan tragedy, or at least a ghost overseeing the course of the villain and finally triumphing in his defeat. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Whence the Senecan iambic is derived, is a question which cannot be answered with certainty. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal But the problem of presenting on the stage the events of a whole reign could not be solved in the terms of the Senecan formula. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z From contemporary references we infer that the old "Hamlet" was a tragedy of blood, written under Senecan influence, and containing a ghost that cried "revenge." Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z In 1562 Tragedy, as we have said, took refuge in an imitation of the Senecan stage: translations of Seneca's tragedies had begun to appear in 1559. The Growth of English Drama It is a revenge play with a ghost, combining Senecan gruesomeness with the motives of romantic comedy. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The Hercules Furens supplies an excellent example of the weakness of the Senecan plot. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal The Italian tragedy had also introduced some departures, in the choice of romantic material and in the innovation of "tragicomedy," which supplied the Senecan model with a happy ending. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Women and love, as Professor Creizenach has observed, receive far more attention in Renaissance tragedy than in Greek or Senecan. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Clearly the only hope of dramatic advance for disciples of the Senecan school lay in improved dialogue. The Growth of English Drama Blank verse, borrowed from Italy and adopted in English Senecan plays, now became a new instrument, and its preëminent adaptability for tragic poetry henceforth long remained unquestioned. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The Senecan drama has lost touch with the stage and lacks both unity and life. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal In this confusion of many species of drama, created by a mixture of medieval and humanistic influences, there is at least no clear evidence of any English tragedy on Senecan lines before "Gorboduc." Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z In spite of the medley of intrigue and carnage, there is introduced, after Senecan fashion, much philosophizing and introspection. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z But this was not the way of the Senecan school. The Growth of English Drama While undoubtedly many traces of Senecan influence continued, and while classical themes persisted, the prevalent type of drama became neither right comedy nor right tragedy but the so-called "history." Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z In the structure of his plots Marlowe forsook the Senecan models and began with the methods of the chronicle play. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Even if he strove loyally after the Senecan form, his knowledge would be hardly sufficient to prevent departures from strict classical standards. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z In "Catiline," which he boldly proclaimed a "dramatic poem," he adopted the Senecan technic of an introductory ghost and a segregated chorus. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Even the Senecan Chorus has been forced into service to tell us of Faustus's early manhood and of the marvellous journeys taken in the intervals. The Growth of English Drama He threw aside Senecan traditions and devoted himself to meeting the demands of the professional stage. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z As the number of these plays rapidly increased, there resulted a secularization of treatment and the admission of Senecan as well as Terentian influence. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The structure is an interesting adaptation of Senecan and popular characteristics. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z These Senecan imitations, it should be noted, were designed for special performances under academic or courtly auspices, and not for the popular theatre. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z We shall find, in fact, that tragedy continued to borrow the exaggerated violence of the Senecan school, even when it was most emphatically rejecting its dramatic principles. The Growth of English Drama In spite of the close adherence to the Senecan model, there is little direct borrowing from Seneca, and medieval elements are not lacking. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z It coincides with the Senecan plan of a crime committed and then revenged through the accompaniment of supernatural agencies. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z |
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