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As regards the difference between the two peoples in the idea of what is essential in a drama, the Roman audience did not feel the intricate detail of plot as of prime importance: but their love of grandeur and force, and their admiration for whatever produces an emotional tension, were truly tragic qualities. Their poetic feel ing, though obscured by the utilitarian view they took of life, is shown by their tendency to put public inscrip tions into verse (as the elogia on the tombs of the Scipios) and by their sensibility to dramatic events (as the death of Virginia and the murder of This latter characteristic will be considered more in detail in the succeeding chapter on the Praetexta.
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By most writers upon Latin literature the opinion has been held, and defended with more or less vigor, that Roman tragedy was very inferior in quality, and of little importance in comparison with other productions of the Latin writers. This view is due in part to the almost complete disappearance of the works of the tragedians, in part to the idea that the value of such Roman productions may be estimated by applying to them the standard imposed by Greek environment, or by modern. A sympathetic study of the development of the Latin drama cannot fail at least in some degree to modify this view.
That the Greek influence was strong, and that Latin tragedy derived its main outlines from Hellas, is not to be denied. There were plays before foreign influence was felt at all: the word hister is Etruscan, and the Atellanes, Oscan dialect pieces, were familiar long before 240 B. C. But the very fact that Livius Andronicus, Nævius, Ennius, and Pacuvius were none of them Roman citizens by birth would make an autochthonous Roman tragedy out of the question.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book examines the authorship and philosophical implications of the nine plays attributed to Roman philosopher and statesman Seneca. The author challenges the common assumption that all the plays were created by Seneca, providing detailed philological and historical evidence to make the case for multiple authors. Working chronologically, the text places each play within its historical and literary context, highlighting the ways in which they reflect the turbulent times in which they were written. Seneca's influence on later writers, including Shakespeare, is also considered. This book will appeal to students of drama, history, philosophy, as well as general readers interested in the dynamics of this creative period. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781330695548_0
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