Seneca in Early Elizabethan England*

2006 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Winston
Keyword(s):  
Literary Culture ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
English Drama ◽  
Political Thinking ◽  
Inns Of Court ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Interactions ◽  
English Law ◽  
Early English

AbstractIn the 1560s a group of men associated with the universities, and especially the early English law schools, the Inns of Court, translated nine of Seneca’s ten tragedies into English. Few studies address these texts and those that do concentrate on their contributions to the development of English drama. Why such works were important for those who composed them remains unclear. This essay examines the translations against the background of the social, political, and literary culture of the Inns in the 1560s. In this context, they look less like forms of dramatic invention than kinds of writing that facilitated the translators’ Latin learning, personal interactions, and political thinking and involvement.

The Inns of Court and Early English Drama

1932 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 470
Author(s):  
William S. Knickerbocker ◽  
A. Wigfall Green
Keyword(s):  
English Drama ◽  
Inns Of Court ◽  
Early English

The Inns of Court and Early English Drama

1932 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 483
Author(s):  
Ida Craven ◽  
A. Wigfall Green
Keyword(s):  
English Drama ◽  
Inns Of Court ◽  
Early English

Inns of Court: Records of Early English Drama (review)

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-241
Author(s):  
W. R. Streitberger
Keyword(s):  
English Drama ◽  
Court Records ◽  
Inns Of Court ◽  
Early English

The Inns of Court and Early English Drama

1931 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1391
Author(s):  
Henry W. Wells ◽  
A. Wigfall Green
Keyword(s):  
English Drama ◽  
Inns Of Court ◽  
Early English

Towards a GIS Analysis of Literary Cultures: The Making of the Slovenian Ethnoscape Through Literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-218
Author(s):  
Marko Juvan ◽  
Joh Dokler
Keyword(s):  
Literary Culture ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Spatial Turn ◽  
Territorial Expansion ◽  
Reciprocal Influence ◽  
Discourse Practices ◽  
The Social ◽  
Literary Cultures ◽  
History Of ◽  
National Ideology

This article presents methodological starting points, heuristics and the results of a GIS-based analysis of the history of Slovenian literary culture from the 1780s to 1941. The ethnically Slovenian territory was multilingual and multicultural; it belonged to different state entities with distant capitals, which was reflected in the spatial dynamic of literary culture. The research results have confirmed the hypotheses of the research project ‘The Space of Slovenian Literary Culture,’ which were based on postulates of the spatial turn: the socio-geographical space influenced the development of literature and its media, whereas literature itself, through its discourse, practices and institutions, had a reciprocal influence on the apprehension and structuring of that space, as well as on its connection with the broader region. Slovenian literary discourse was able to manifest itself in public predominantly through the history of spatial factors: (a) the formation, territorial expansion and concentration of the social network of literary actors and media; (b) the persistent references of literary texts to places that were recognized by addressees as Slovenian, thereby grounding a national ideology. Taking all of this into account, and based on meta-theoretical reflection, the project aims to contribute to the development of digital humanities and spatial literary studies.

Records of Early English Drama

1977 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra F. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
English Drama ◽  
Early English

scholarly journals Who Performed at Newington Butts in May 1586?

Early Theatre ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Johnson
Keyword(s):  
English Drama ◽  
New Information ◽  
Early English ◽  
Short Time

While recent studies offer new information about companies that used the Playhouse at Newington Butts from 1575 to 1594, mystery remains about the identity of the company that performed there in contravention of a restraint in May 1586. Using evidence related to the movements of companies active in 1586, particularly from the Records of Early English Drama (reed), this article offers an answer based on a process of elimination. After ruling out other options, the article explains why a fragment of Leicester’s Men likely performed at Newington for a short time before joining the earl on his diplomatic campaign in Europe.

scholarly journals Slagscener i det elizabethanske teater

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (80) ◽  
pp. 125-144
Author(s):  
Christian Dahl
Keyword(s):  
17Th Century ◽  
Narrative Development ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
English Drama ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Acoustic Representation ◽  
Battle Scenes ◽  
Military Engagement ◽  
The Many ◽  
Early English

Christian Dahl: “Battle scenes in the Elizabethan theater”This article analyses the widespread use of staged battle in Elizabethan theater by use of data extracted from Folger Library’s Digital Anthology of Early English Drama. Between 1576 and 1616, hundreds of battle scenes were produced on English stages but although a substantial number is still available for study, only few scholars have recognized their significance. The many battle scenes both attest to the Elizabethans’ vivid interest in history and to the cultural impact of England’s increasing military engagement on the Continent and in Ireland at the end of Elizabeth’s reign. It is often assumed that histories and battle scenes were particularly popular in the 1590’ies and then fell out of fashion early in the 17th century, but the article demonstrates that staged war remained a frequent occurrence in the first two decades of the century and never disappeared entirely. The article discusses visual and, in particular, acoustic representation of warfare based on the evidence of surviving plays and other documents. The article will also (very) briefly sketch the narrative development of battle scenes that took place in the 1590ies.

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