Maxima Virtus in Seneca's Hercules Furens

Motto, Anna Lydia; Clark, John R.

doi:10.1086/366613

Cited by 4 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…136 Lawall (1983) 21-2. 137 While currently unfashionable, arguments in favour of Hercules as a Stoic hero form a persistent strain in Senecan scholarship: see Egermann (1972) [1940], 47-8; Marti (1945) 224-5;Motto and Clark (1981); Lawall (1983); and Billerbeck (1999) 30-8. 138 Fitch (1987) 35.…”

Section: Sole Exemplarmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Seneca's Characters

Bexley

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Seneca's Characters addresses one of the most enduring and least theorised elements of literature: fictional character and its relationship to actual, human selfhood. Where does the boundary between character and person lie? While the characters we encounter in texts are obviously not 'real' people, they still possess person-like qualities that stimulate our attention and engagement. How is this relationship formulated in contexts of theatrical performance, where characters are set in motion by actual people, actual bodies and voices? This book addresses such questions by focusing on issues of coherence, imitation, appearance and autonomous action. It argues for the plays' sophisticated treatment of character, their acknowledgement of its purely fictional ontology alongside deep – and often dark – appreciation of its quasi-human qualities. Seneca's Characters offers a fresh perspective on the playwright's powerful tragic aesthetics that will stimulate scholars and students alike.

show abstract

Section: Sole Exemplarmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Major proponents of the view includeMotto and Clark (1981) and Lawall(1983). Bernstein(2017) 20-1 expresses a more balanced view that goes some way towards reconciling the two camps.162 Noted byOwen (1968) 304 and explored more fully byRose (1979-80) and OKell(2005).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Seneca's Characters

Bexley

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…He is, by definition, a larger-than-life frame-shattering character. 15 It is also important to keep in mind the various categories of space, namely its physical, figurative and abstractly verbal dimensions. Despite the violence of Senecan rhetoric, speech is not all-powerful.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

ALL THE WORLD'S OFFSTAGE: METAPHYSICAL AND METAFICTIONAL ASPECTS IN SENECA'SHERCVLES FVRENS

Glinski¹

2017

The Class. Q.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In his essay on Seneca, T.S. Eliot used theHercules Furens(=HF) as his example to illustrate ‘this curious freak of non-theatrical drama’. Even though Senecan scholarship has by and large moved away from his indictment, the sense that the attention seems to be directed away from the stage points to the play's unique dramaturgy. The surest indicator of this reverse orientation is the conspicuous absence of Hercules himself for much of the play. Hercules is (or wishes to be) permanently ‘elsewhere’. His entrance is delayed for a long time; once home, he rushes offstage after a few lines to kill Lycus. He returns onstage only to be attacked by madness, and is drawn inside the palace again to kill his wife and sons. When his madness abates, he falls asleep onstage; on waking, he longs for a place beyond the known world (and underworld) and finally exits into exile. This article proposes a closer examination of the semiotics of space, especially the symbolic value of the offstage. Seneca is constantly drawing attention to the pull towards the stage perimeter and the unseen offstage, characterizing the cosmic nature of Hercules’ conflict with Juno and questioning the hero's place in the world as the son of an immortal father.

show abstract

Senecan Tragedy

Buckley

2013

A Companion to the Neronian Age

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Maxima Virtus in Seneca's Hercules Furens

Cited by 4 publications

References 0 publications

Seneca's Characters

Seneca's Characters

ALL THE WORLD'S OFFSTAGE: METAPHYSICAL AND METAFICTIONAL ASPECTS IN SENECA'SHERCVLES FVRENS

Senecan Tragedy

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About