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Senecan tragedy refers to a set of ten
ancient Roman tragedies,
eight of
which were
probably written by the
Stoic philosopher and
politician Lucius Annaeus...
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rhetoric is also
Senecan, with
characters playing upon
their names, as
Hieronimo does repeatedly.
Hieronimo also
references the
Senecan plays, Agamemnon...
- to be an
exact representation of
Senecan revenge drama in all aspects.
Thomas Kyd
provided a
refined form of
Senecan tragedy through his play The Spanish...
- "Reception of
Senecan Tragedy".
Archive of
Performances of Gr**** and
Roman Drama.
Retrieved November 9, 2013. Rosenmeyer,
Thomas G. (1989).
Senecan Drama and...
- play upon
their own names, a
trait considered to be
Senecan. The
verbal violence is seen as
Senecan, with
Vindice in Act 2,
scene 1,
calling out against...
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Though the gods
rarely appear in
these plays,
ghosts and
witches abound.
Senecan tragedies explore ideas of revenge, the occult, the supernatural, suicide...
- ISBN 9780521851268. Littlewood,
Cedric (2004). Self-representation and
Illusion in
Senecan Tragedy. Oxford:
Oxford University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0199267613. Pseudo-Apollodorus...
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ghosts among the cast. The
ghosts in
Richard III also
resemble the
Senecan model,
while the
ghost in
Hamlet plays a more
complex role. The
shade of...
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Tragedies from
these eras
traced their philosophical essence back to the
Senecan tragedy,
grounded in
nobles who have a
tragic flaw or
commit a
grave error...
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Roman author. At
least some of
these seem to
preserve and
adapt genuine Senecan content, for
example Saint Martin of Braga's (d. c. 580)
Formula vitae...
