The Cambridge companion to Seneca /
"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 toda...
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| Μορφή: | Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Greek |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Σειρά: | Cambridge companions to literature
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Seneca: an introduction / Shadi Bartsch and Alessandro Schiesaro
- Part I. The Senecan Corpus:
- 2. Seneca multiplex: the phases (and phrases) of Seneca's life and works
- Susanna Braund
- 3. Senecan tragedy / Christopher Trinacty
- 4. Absent presence in Seneca's Epistles: philosophy and friendship / Catharine Edwards
- 5. The dialogue in Seneca's Dialogues (and other moral essays) / Matthew Roller
- 6. Seneca on monarchy and the political life: De Clementia, De Tranquillitate / Animi, De Otio, Malcolm Schofield
- 7. Seneca's scientific works / Francesca Romana Berno
- 8. Seneca's Apocolocyntosis: censors in the afterworld / Kirk Freudenburg
- Part II. Texts and Contexts:
- 9. Seneca and Augustan culture / James Ker
- 10. Seneca and Neronian Rome: in the mirror of time / Victoria Rimell
- 11. Style and form in Seneca's writings / Gareth Williams
- 12. Seneca's images and metaphors / Mireille Armisen-Marchetti
- 13. Theater and theatricality in Seneca's world / Cedric A. J. Littlewood
- 14. Seneca's emotions / David Konstan
- Part III. Senecan Tensions:
- 15. Senecan selves / Shadi Bartsch
- 16. Seneca's shame / David Wray
- 17. Theory and practice in Seneca's life and writings / Carey Seal
- 18. Seneca's originality / Elizabeth Asmis
- 19. Seneca and Epicurus: the allure of the other / Alessandro Schiesaro
- Part IV. The Senecan Tradition:
- 20. Seneca and the ancient world / Aldo Setaioli
- 21. Seneca and Christian tradition / Chiara Torre
- 22. Seneca redivivus: Seneca in the medieval and Renaissance world / Roland Mayer
- 23. Senecan political thought from the Middle Ages to early modernity / Peter Stacey
- 24. Seneca and the Moderns / Francesco Citti.
