This essay investigates the representation of the Julio-Claudian veneficae in early modern English drama through the analysis of three plays— Matthew Gwinne’s Nero (1603), Thomas May’s Tragedy of Julia Agrippina (1639), and Nathanael Richards’s Messalina (1640).
'Poison on, monsters!’: Female Poisoners in Early Modern Roman Tragedies
Stelzer, Emanuel
2020-01-01
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This essay investigates the representation of the Julio-Claudian veneficae in early modern English drama through the analysis of three plays— Matthew Gwinne’s Nero (1603), Thomas May’s Tragedy of Julia Agrippina (1639), and Nathanael Richards’s Messalina (1640).
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