The Reception of Greek Drama in Early Modern England

Kenward, Claire

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“…Mentre nella scena successiva del medesimo atto si afferma l'indicibilità del crimine dell'omicidio, tale da andare oltre ogni possibilità di espiazione 33 . Il richiamo alla tradizione sacrificale greca sembra legarsi ad una seconda questione: si può stabilire una relazione tra il concetto di sacrificio 29 Gliksohn 1985;Demers 2005, 78-98;Kenward 2016;Pollard 2017;Miola 2020. 30 «And all remarkeable sinnes punish with marke, / one mischiefe still another doth beget, / adultery murder: I am lost, undone».…”

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Sacrificio, vendetta, giustizia: Carlo I e il regicidio nella letteratura rivoluzionaria inglese negli anni delle guerre civili

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2022

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The execution of Charles I Stuart on January 30, 1649, quickly came to be known throughout Europe: for the first time in England history, a king formally in charge had been put to death. Justifying such a decision became a fundamental task for the Parliamentarians. This paper aims to show that classical resistance theories were merged with a language and concepts belonging to the category of religious sacrifice in revolutionary literature. Such a blend between human justice and sacrifice was indeed one of the strategies to justify the execution of Charles I.

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