Adaptations of Roman Plots in John Dennis’s Tragedies
Adaptations of Roman Plots in John Dennis’s Tragedies

Author(s): Oleg Polyakov
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, 19th Century, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: John Dennis; tragedy; neo-classicism; Roman plots; Augustan literature
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with Augustan literature, discussing adaptations of Roman plots in John Dennis’s neo-classical tragedies. This phenomenon is placed within the framework of general interest in the political and cultural life of Ancient Rome that can be found in 18th-century English literature and criticism.

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