{"product_id":"chorus-in-early-modern-english-tragedy","title":"Chorus in Early Modern English Tragedy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilvia Bigliazzi explores the dynamics between the individual and the collective in 16th century English tragedies in this vibrant study of the chorus in early modern tragedy.\u003c\/b\u003e Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, Bigliazzi examines the performative, political and cultural implications of chorality in early modern English tragedy over five decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the first English language translations of Seneca’s play, \u003ci\u003eTroas\u003c\/i\u003e, Horace’s \u003ci\u003eArs Poetica\u003c\/i\u003e, and the reinvention of the Italo-Euripidean \u003ci\u003eJocasta\u003c\/i\u003e to the use of prologue in plays like \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePericles\u003c\/i\u003e, Bigliazzi traces the appearance and transformation of the ancient Graeco-Roman chorus in early modern English theatre between the late 1590s to the mid-1590s. Through a reinterpretation of the ancient \u003ci\u003ethrenos\/kommos \u003c\/i\u003eand female lament to a regendering of collective or choric mourning in tragedies such as \u003ci\u003eDavid and Bethsabe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTamburlaine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRichard III\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e. A nuanced understanding of tragedy and the politics of gendered choral performance emerges through a complex reworking of ancient models, where the essence of tragic drama was rooted in the interplay between the chorus and individual characters. From the early Inns of Court drama to Shakespeare, this study reveals a fresh understanding of early modern tragedy as part of a thrilling encounter between the ancient and the new.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56643506372952,"sku":"9781350591387","price":92.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350591387.jpg?v=1780118158","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/chorus-in-early-modern-english-tragedy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}