Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 690-706 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | Renaissance Studies |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2017 |
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Keywords
- compassion
- history of emotions
- heywood, jasper
- senecan tragedy
- tudor translation studies
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Weeping verse : Jasper Heywood's translation of Seneca's Troades (1559) and the politics of vicarious compassion. / Steenbergh, K.
In: Renaissance Studies, Vol. 31, No. 5, 01.11.2017, p. 690-706.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Weeping verse
T2 - Jasper Heywood's translation of Seneca's Troades (1559) and the politics of vicarious compassion
AU - Steenbergh, K.
PY - 2017/11/1
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N2 - Jasper Heywood's Troas (1559) was the first English translation of one of Seneca's tragedies. Although Heywood's and later Tudor translations of Seneca's tragic corpus have predominantly been studied for their influence on Elizabethan revenge tragedy, recent criticism has focused on the way they respond to contemporary politics. This article takes a fresh approach to the question of the translation's political significance by analysing its intended emotional effect on its readers. Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I as a New Year's gift in the month of her coronation, his translation seeks to intervene in the new queen's religious politics. By arousing Elizabeth's pity with the Trojan women, Heywood's Troas was intended to kindle vicarious compassion with English Catholics, for whom the death of Queen Mary I was as momentous as the fall of Troy.
AB - Jasper Heywood's Troas (1559) was the first English translation of one of Seneca's tragedies. Although Heywood's and later Tudor translations of Seneca's tragic corpus have predominantly been studied for their influence on Elizabethan revenge tragedy, recent criticism has focused on the way they respond to contemporary politics. This article takes a fresh approach to the question of the translation's political significance by analysing its intended emotional effect on its readers. Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I as a New Year's gift in the month of her coronation, his translation seeks to intervene in the new queen's religious politics. By arousing Elizabeth's pity with the Trojan women, Heywood's Troas was intended to kindle vicarious compassion with English Catholics, for whom the death of Queen Mary I was as momentous as the fall of Troy.
KW - compassion
KW - history of emotions
KW - heywood, jasper
KW - senecan tragedy
KW - tudor translation studies
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rest.12255/full
U2 - 10.1111/rest.12255
DO - 10.1111/rest.12255
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 690
EP - 706
JO - Renaissance Studies
JF - Renaissance Studies
SN - 0269-1213
IS - 5
ER -