Sejanus

In his tragedies, 'Sejanus' and 'Catiline,' he excluded comic material; for the most part he kept scenes of death and violence off the stage; and he very carefully and slowly constructed plays which have nothing, indeed, of the poetic greatness of Sophocles or

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

He followed up 'Sejanus' after several years with the less excellent

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

( "Sejanus", Act v., scene 10) says of Sejanus: --

Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars 39-65 Lucan

He was deeply conversant in the ancients, both Greek and Latin, and he borrowed boldly from them; there is scarce a poet or historian among the Roman authors of those times whom he has not translated in "Sejanus" and "Catiline."

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I Various 1885

He reprobated this slipshod amateurishness, and wrote his "Sejanus" like a scholar, reading Tacitus, Suetonius, and other authorities, to be certain of his facts, his setting, and his atmosphere, and somewhat pedantically noting his authorities in the margin when he came to print.

Every Man in His Humor Ben Jonson 1605

"Sejanus" is a tragedy of genuine dramatic power in which is told with discriminating taste the story of the haughty favourite of Tiberius with his tragical overthrow.

Every Man in His Humor Ben Jonson 1605

Therefore when Jonson staged "Sejanus," three years later and with

Every Man in His Humor Ben Jonson 1605

English than he would have liked to be; he intended to introduce a chorus into his tragedy of "Sejanus"; the fear of the pit prevented him; he grumbles, but submits. [

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

Roman life than may be found in Jonson's "Sejanus" and "Catiline his

Every Man in His Humor Ben Jonson 1605

The reason why Caligula succeeded him was that Tiberius (and the machinations of Sejanus) managed to kill off a whole crowd of (probably) better successors.

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