Ghosting the past: exploring Mark Antony’s ghost as an allegory on history in Jodelle’s Cléopâtre captive

This paper explores how Antony as a ghost in Act I of Étienne Jodelle’s Cléopâtre captive (1553) engages spectators in a reflection on history. By drawing on Walter Benjamin’s discussion of the ghost figure in the German mourning play, the paper reinterprets Antony’s ghost as a borderline figure bot...

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Main Author:	Larn, Anastasia Ladefoged
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	IRCL (UMR 5186) CNRS/Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 2022
Subjects:	Étienne Jodelle Cléopâtre captive spectre Walter Benjamin histoire allégorie Trauerspiel théâtre de lamentation Senèque Octavie ghost history allegory mourning play Seneca Octavia
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.4000/asf.1638 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13089/a4bd https://journals.openedition.org/asf/1638
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