Seneca: Phaedra

By:

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

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Seneca's Phaedra occupies an important and influential position in the tradition of European drama. This new edition concentrates on the dramatic qualities of Phaedra and examines the Greek and Roman background to the play, particularly Seneca's use of Euripides and Ovid, and its philosophical elements grounded in Seneca's Stoicism. The introduction also discusses dramatic and rhetorical presentation, aspects of style including imagery and the transmission of the text. An unusual feature is the treatment of the influence of the Phaedra story in later European literature and music. The commentary examines Seneca's language in detail and looks at his use of earlier poetic models (Virgil and Ovid) as well as plot, characterisation and his use of myth. Although principally for students of Latin literature, this new edition will also be of interest to historians of drama and comparative literature.

Release date Australia

February 23rd, 1990

Author

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributors

Edited by Michael Coffey
Edited by Roland Mayer

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

232

Series

Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Dimensions

127x203x13

ISBN-13

9780521337137

Product ID

2449112

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