Seneca by candlelight and other stories of Renaissance drama
Mythology, Classical, in literature
Classical influences
Drama, history and criticism
Classical literature
Appreciation
Renaissance
English drama
Influence
History and criticism
"English Seneca read by candlelight," wrote the Elizabethan author Thomas Nashe, "will afford you whole Hamlets." In the early decades of this century, literary and theater historians took Nashe at his word, finding Senecan tragedy at the source of Renaissance drama. More recently, critics have been…
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