The Chorus in Early Modern English Tragedy
The One and the Many
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2026
The Arden Shakespeare (Verlag)
978-1-350-59138-7 (ISBN)
The Arden Shakespeare (Verlag)
978-1-350-59138-7 (ISBN)
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First contemporary book-length study of the appearance and transformation of the ancient Greek chorus in early modern English theatre, considering gendered choral performance and tragic dramas by Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
Silvia 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. Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, Bigliazzi examines the performative, political and cultural implications of chorality in early modern English tragedy over five decades.
From the first English language translation of Seneca’s play, Troas, and Horace’s Ars Poetica, to the use of chorus as prologue in plays like Romeo and Juliet and Henry V, Bigliazzi traces the appearance and transformation of the ancient Greek chorus in early modern English theatre between the late 1590s to the mid-1590s. Through a reinterpretation of the ancient threnos and female lament to a regendering of collective or choric mourning in tragedies such as David and Bethsabe, Tamburlaine, Richard III and Romeo and Juliet. 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.
Silvia 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. Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, Bigliazzi examines the performative, political and cultural implications of chorality in early modern English tragedy over five decades.
From the first English language translation of Seneca’s play, Troas, and Horace’s Ars Poetica, to the use of chorus as prologue in plays like Romeo and Juliet and Henry V, Bigliazzi traces the appearance and transformation of the ancient Greek chorus in early modern English theatre between the late 1590s to the mid-1590s. Through a reinterpretation of the ancient threnos and female lament to a regendering of collective or choric mourning in tragedies such as David and Bethsabe, Tamburlaine, Richard III and Romeo and Juliet. 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.
Silvia Bigliazzi is Professor of English and head of the Skenè Research Centre on Theatre and Drama Studies, Verona University, Italy. She is co-editor of the Global Shakespeare Inverted Series.
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Reading the Chorus
Chapter 2: Versifying the Chorus: From Seneca to Jasper Heywood
Chapter 3: Focalising the Chorus
Chapter 4: Domesticating the Chorus: from Euripides to Gray’s Inn
Chapter 5: Mourning Becomes the Chorus
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-59138-6 / 1350591386 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-59138-7 / 9781350591387 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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