Naslov
The Mobile Queen: Observing Hecuba in Renaissance Europe

Autori
Lupić, Ivan

Izvornik
Renaissance Drama (0486-3739) 46 (2018), 1; 25-56

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Renaissance Studies, Shakespeare, Renaissance drama, Euripides, Medieval Dubrovnik (Ragusa)

Sažetak
This essay investigates the influence of Euripides’ Hecuba on Renaissance ideas about tragedy, from Italy and Spain to France, England, and, especially, the Ragusan Republic (Dubrovnik). Hitherto left out of the standard accounts of Euripides in the Renaissance, Marin Držić’s Hecuba (1559) is shown to be the only vernacular version of Euripides that was performed in Renaissance Europe. Informed by a fresh analysis of the play's manuscript tradition, the essay argues that through its sustained interest in theatrical spectacle and observation the Ragusan Hecuba responds to certain elements in Euripides’ drama that have been obscured by the traditions of modern criticism. An analogous response is identified in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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