Seneca's plays, which include Hercules Furens, Phaedra, Medea and
Oedipus, were widely read during the Elizabethan era, and had an
important influence on the dramatists of the time, including
Shakespeare, Kyd, Marlowe and Marston. This study, first published
in 1922, examines Seneca's Greek predecessors, his character, life
and times, and the nature and extent of his influence and legacy.
Divided into five sections, the book addresses in turn: the rise of
Greek drama before Seneca; Seneca's character and temperament;
Seneca's tragedies; the different dramatic forms in the centuries
after Seneca; and the important influence of Seneca on Elizabethan
dramatists. Lucas provides close readings of a wide range of plays,
including Macbeth and The Spanish Tragedy, and places the works in
their historical context - Greek, Roman and Elizabethan.
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