Self-representation and illusion in Senecan tragedy
Littlewood, C. A. JAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2004.
C.A.J. Littlewood approaches Seneca's tragedies as Neronian literature rather than as reworkings of Attic drama, and emphasizes their place in the Roman world and in the Latin literary corpus. The Greek tragic myths are for Seneca mediated by non-dramatic Augustan literature.
Specialized.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
C.A.J. Littlewood approaches Seneca's tragedies as Neronian literature rather than as reworkings of Attic drama, and emphasizes their place in the Roman world and in the Latin literary corpus. The Greek tragic myths are for Seneca mediated by non-dramatic Augustan literature.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68
Mythology, Classical, in literature
Self-presentation in literature
Illusion in literature
Tragedy
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures
Languages & Literatures