| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 stylistic features of his tragedies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-268) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Thyestes.
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Thyestes, King of Olympia and Mycenae (Mythological character) -- In literature
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| SUBJECT |
Thyestes, King of Olympia and Mycenae (Mythological character) fast |
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Thyestes (Seneca, Lucius Annaeus) fast |
| Subject |
Tragedy.
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tragedies.
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tragedy (general genre)
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DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
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Literature
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Tragedy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0511061250 |
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9780511061257 |
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0511069715 |
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9780511069710 |
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9780521818018 |
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052181801X |
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9780511482373 |
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051148237X |
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1280434473 |
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9781280434471 |
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0511205058 |
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9780511205057 |
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0511326483 |
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9780511326486 |
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