Sourcing misfortunes: translation and tragedy
<p>From its first review to recent scholarship, critics have derided and dismissed the use made of translation in <em>The Misfortunes of Arthur</em> (1588). This essay reconsiders how the play approaches imitation by examining its translations from Senecan tragedy...
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McMaster University
2021
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| Summary: | <p>From its first review to recent scholarship, critics have derided and dismissed the use made of translation in <em>The Misfortunes of Arthur</em> (1588). This essay reconsiders how the play approaches imitation by examining its translations from Senecan tragedy and Lucan’s De Bello Civili (ca 61-5 CE). With particular emphasis on <em>Misfortunes</em>’s ghost sequences and Oedipal echoes, this approach reveals the play’s engagement not just with the pedagogy and politics of Elizabethan England but also with innovations in dramatic form.</p> |
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