Autore: Manuwald, Gesine
Titolo: Dramatic Representations of the Final Years of Cicero’s Life
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : Pieper, Christoph & Velden, Bram van der ed.), Reading Cicero’s Final Years Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century, Boston Berlin, De Gruyter, 2020, 300 p.
Anno edizione: 2020
Pagine: 221-238
Parole chiave: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Descrizione: Gesine Manuwald surveys the(early) modern plays dramatizing events from 44 and 43 bce in which ‘Cicero’ appears as a character. These cover a period from1616 to 2017 and are written in Latin, English, Italian, French and German. All playwrights remain generally faithful to the historical record and also take advantage of the dramatic potential of these events, sometimes making minor alterations to increase the vividness of the dramas. Putting the events of 44–43 bce on stage enables the dramatists to show case the positive and negative characteristics of different political systems without committing explicitly to a particular view. At the same time how they are presented implicitly conveys a certain attitude. The switch from Republic to Principate is thus seen more or less favourably and Cicero is presented as a hero or given as hare of the guilt depending on the perspective taken in the various dramatic versions. [Pieper and Velden 2020, xii]
Link: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110716313-014/pdf
Sigla autore: Manuwald, 2020
Titolo: Dramatic Representations of the Final Years of Cicero’s Life
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : Pieper, Christoph & Velden, Bram van der ed.), Reading Cicero’s Final Years Receptions of the Post-Caesarian Works up to the Sixteenth Century, Boston Berlin, De Gruyter, 2020, 300 p.
Anno edizione: 2020
Pagine: 221-238
Parole chiave: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Descrizione: Gesine Manuwald surveys the(early) modern plays dramatizing events from 44 and 43 bce in which ‘Cicero’ appears as a character. These cover a period from1616 to 2017 and are written in Latin, English, Italian, French and German. All playwrights remain generally faithful to the historical record and also take advantage of the dramatic potential of these events, sometimes making minor alterations to increase the vividness of the dramas. Putting the events of 44–43 bce on stage enables the dramatists to show case the positive and negative characteristics of different political systems without committing explicitly to a particular view. At the same time how they are presented implicitly conveys a certain attitude. The switch from Republic to Principate is thus seen more or less favourably and Cicero is presented as a hero or given as hare of the guilt depending on the perspective taken in the various dramatic versions. [Pieper and Velden 2020, xii]
Link: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110716313-014/pdf
Sigla autore: Manuwald, 2020
