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Author Staley, Gregory Allan.

Title Seneca and the idea of tragedy / Gregory A. Staley
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 185 pages) : illustrations
Contents Theorizing tragedy -- The very ends of poesy -- A just and lively image -- The soul of tragedy -- Reading monsters -- Conclusion : Stoic tragedy
Summary The question of why Seneca wrote tragedy has been debated since at least the 13th century. Since Seneca was a Stoic, critics assumed he wrote with the standard Stoic theory of literature as education in philosophy in mind. This book argues that Seneca was influenced by Aristotle's famous defense of tragedy against Plato's critique
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and indexes
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Subject Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Tragedies.
SUBJECT Tragedies (Seneca, Lucius Annaeus) fast
Subject Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Tragedy.
tragedies.
tragedy (general genre)
DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Mythology, Classical, in literature
Tragedy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199742073
0199742073