Seneca’s voice in the Papinianus (1659) by Andreas Gryphius

Authors

  • Mauro Nervi University of Pisa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4454/dioniso.v13.585

Keywords:

Seneca, Andreas Gryphius, Baroque Theatre, Papinianus

Abstract

Andreas Gryphius’s Papinianus (1659) is a representative example of the survival of Seneca’s tragedy in the Baroque. In this article, an overview of Seneca’s fortune in German-speaking countries between the 16th and 17th centuries is sketched, and precise textual correspondences between Gryphius’s tragedy and its models in Seneca are pointed out. Relationships between Seneca’s tragic conception and the Christian-influenced conception of Gryphius and German Baroque theatre in general are also examined.

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Published

2023-04-14

Issue

Vol. 13 (2023)

Section

Articles

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