Plant of a Strange Vine : Oratio Corrupta and the Poetics of Senecan Tragedy /

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This book studies Seneca's poetic drama from a novel point of view. Whereas most criticism of Seneca's dramas has tended to focus on their relationship to Stoicism, I approach them from the perspective of Seneca's own theory of literary decadence, which he sets forth in the 114th of h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sklenár, Robert John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Latín
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]
Series:Beiträge zur Altertumskunde ; 363.
Subjects:
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. > Tragedies.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. > Criticism and interpretation.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Tragedies (Seneca, Lucius Annaeus)
Latin drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Tragédie latine > Histoire et critique.
DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Latin drama (Tragedy)
(Produktform)Electronic book text
(Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ Wissenschaft
(BISAC Subject Heading)LIT004190
Stoizismus
Dekadenz
Silver Latin; decadence; stoicism
Silberne Latinität
(VLB-WN)9553
Silver Latin
decadence
stoicism
(Produktrabattgruppe)PR: rabattbeschränkt/Bibliothekswerke
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Chapter One. Letter 114 and the Poetics of Decadence
  • Chapter Two. A Senecan Reading of Seneca's Oedipus, Part I
  • Chapter Three. A Senecan Reading of Seneca's Oedipus, Part II
  • Chapter Four. Seneca and Neronian Aesthetics
  • Bibliography
  • Subject index.

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