Pugh, Beverley Jane (1997) Jasper Heywood's translation of Seneca's Thyestes : with particular reference to the latter's sixteenth and seventeenth-century reception and the themes of tyranny, kingship and revenge. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

Preview

PDF WRAP_THESIS_Pugh_1997.pdf - Requires a PDF viewer such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader Download (19Mb)

Abstract

The thesis offers a critical analysis of the transmission of Seneca's Thyestes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In Volume 1, the 1584 Gryphius edition of Seneca's Thyestes; the 1560 edition of Heywood's translation of the play and the 1674 edition of Wright's translation and burlesque version have been transcribed. This is the first time that these texts have been presented together for discussion. The commentary (Volume II) examines a broad range of dramatic material including Neo- Latin plays such as Goldingham's Herodes (1570/80); Gwinne's Nero (1603); Snelling's Thibaldus (1640) and the anonymous Stoicus Vapulans (1648). Prose works considered include the Latin lexicas and grammars of Lilly and Whitinton; philosophical treatises such as Reynolds A Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the soule of Man (1640); and religious works such as Hooper on the Ten Commandments (1560). It presents hitherto unpublished material- MS Sloane 1041; and material that has previously received little attention- the Hendrik Goltzius' engraving of Melpomene (1592) and the Restoration Mock-Thyestes in Burlesque. Research material was consulted at the British Library; BL Department of Manuscripts; BL Print Room; University of Warwick Library; University of Birmingham Library; Senate House Library, University of London; The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford; The Warburg Institute and The Institute of Classical Studies.

Item Type:	Thesis or Dissertation (PhD)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Thyestes. English & Latin, Heywood, Jasper, 1535-1598 -- Criticism and interpretation, Latin literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century, Latin literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century, Transmission of texts -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century, Transmission of texts -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century, Revenge in literature, Kings and rulers in literature
Date:	September 1997
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Classics and Ancient History
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Montserrat, Dominic, 1964- ; Davidson, Peter, 1957-
Extent:	viii, 161, 230 leaves
Language:	eng
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/4199

Request changes to a record

Actions (login required)

View Item