The passions in play : Thyestes and the dynamics of Senecan drama /

This book subjects the most accomplished of Seneca's tragedies to a sustained critical analysis and argues for its central importance in post-Classical aesthetics. It also discusses several other of his plays, thereby offering a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the main themes and stylist...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schiesaro, Alessandro
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. > Thyestes.
Thyestes, > King of Olympia and Mycenae (Mythological character) > In literature.
Thyestes, > King of Olympia and Mycenae (Mythological character)
Thyestes (Seneca, Lucius Annaeus)
Tragedy.
Tragédie.
tragedies.
tragedy (general genre)
DRAMA > Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Literature
Tragedy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on translations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Poetry, passions and knowledge; CHAPTER 2 Staging Thyestes; CHAPTER 3 A craftier Tereus; CHAPTER 4 Atreus rex; CHAPTER 5 Fata se vertunt retro; CHAPTER 6 The poetics of passions; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index of passages cited; General index.

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