Alexander in the Age of Shakespeare
The Monarchicke Tragedies of Sir William Alexander
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23416296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Stoneman (University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 334-349 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | A History of Alexander the Great in World Culture (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/9781316711798.016 |
| OpenAlex | W4205482130 |
| ISBN | 9781316711798 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 234 |
Sir William Alexander’s tragedies on classical themes include two relating to Alexander the Great: one is about the latter’s defeat of Darius III and the other follows the fortunes of the successors after Alexander’s death. (It begins with a long speech by Alexander’s ghost). This chapter aims to combat the prevailing critical contempt for these plays by demonstrating the high level of scholarship that went into their composition and the thematic unity to the Alexandraean Tragedie conferred by the series of chorus meditations on Fortune and mutability. Sir William’s educational background and classical reading are explored, as well as his connections with the stage, and his work is compared with earlier Elizabethan plays on classical themes, including the comparable play by Samuel Daniel, Philotas.
Art · Art history · Chorus · Contempt · Linguistics · Literature · Performance art · Reading (process) · Scholarship · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |