Phaedra and Other Plays

Author: Seneca
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141970944
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of history but also show how guilt, sorrow, anger and desire lead individuals to violence. The hero of Hercules Insane saves his own family from slaughter, only to commit further atrocities when he goes mad. The horrifying death of Astyanax is recounted in Trojan Women, and Phaedra deals with forbidden love. In Oedipus a nervous man discovers himself, while Thyestes recounts the bitter family struggle for a crown. Of uncertain authorship, Octavia dramatizes Nero's divorce from his wife and her deportation. The only Latin tragedies to have survived complete, these plays are masterpieces of vibrant, muscular language and psychological insight.

The Tragedies of Seneca

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin drama (Tragedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 488

Book Description

Seneca's Phaedra

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher: Francis Cairns Publications
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description

Six Tragedies

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0192807064
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
This is a lively, readable and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers. The volume includes Phaedra, Oedipus, Medea, Trojan Women, Hercules Furens, and Thyestes, together with an invaluable introduction and notes.

Hippolytos

Author: Euripides
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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The Cambridge Companion to Seneca

Author: Shadi Bartsch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316239896
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 379

Book Description
The Roman statesman, philosopher and playwright Lucius Annaeus Seneca dramatically influenced the progression of Western thought. His works have had an unparalleled impact on the development of ethical theory, shaping a code of behavior for dealing with tyranny in his own age that endures today. This Companion thoroughly examines the complete Senecan corpus, with special emphasis on the aspects of his writings that have challenged interpretation. The authors place Seneca in the context of the ancient world and trace his impressive legacy in literature, art, religion, and politics from Neronian Rome to the early modern period. Through critical discussion of the recent proliferation of Senecan studies, this volume compellingly illustrates how the perception of Seneca and his particular type of Stoicism has evolved over time. It provides a comprehensive overview that will benefit students and scholars in classics, comparative literature, history, philosophy and political theory, as well as general readers.

Phaedra

Author: Małgorzata Budzowska
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN: 9783631633052
Category : Emotions
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This award-winning book deals with the ethical aspect of emotions in human decision making in literature. The broadest description of the process of 'emotional obsession' can be found in Euripides' tragedy of Phaedra, but the topos can be found in the tragedies of Roman philosopher Seneca and modern French poet Jean Racine, as well.

Language and Desire in Seneca's Phaedra

Author: Charles Segal
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400885760
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
This close reading of Seneca's most influential tragedy explores the question of how poetic language produces the impression of an individual self, a full personality with a conscious and unconscious emotional life. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Brill's Companion to Seneca

Author: Andreas Heil
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004217088
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 895

Book Description
This new and important introduction to Seneca provides a systematic and concise presentation of this author’s philosophical works and his tragedies. It provides handbook style surveys of each genuine or attributed work, giving dates and brief descriptions, and taking into account the most important philosophical and philological issues. In addition, they provide accounts of the major steps in the history of their later influence. The cultural background of the texts and the most important problem areas within the philosophic and tragic corpus of Seneca are dealt with in separate essays.

Nothing is as it Seems

Author: Hanna Roisman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847690930
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
In this valuable book, Hanna M. Roisman provides a uniquely comprehensive look at Euripides' Hippolytus. Roisman begins with an examination of the ancient preference for the implicit style, and suggests a possible reading of Euripides' first treatment of the myth which would account for the Athenian audience's reservations about his Hippolytus Veiled. She proceeds to analyze significant scenes in the play, including Hippolytus' prayer to Artemis, Phaedra's delirium, Phaedra's "confession" speech, and the interactions between Theseus and Hippolytus. Concluding with a discussion of the meaning of the tragic in Hippolytus, Roisman questions the applicability in this case of the idea of the tragic flaw. Nothing Is as It Seems includes extensive comparisons of Euripides' play with the Phaedra of Seneca. This is a very important book for students and scholars of Greek tragedy, literature, and rhetoric.