The Passions in Play
Subtitle: Thyestes and the Dynamics of Senecan Drama
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780521037655
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: classical, early & medieval; Language Arts & Disciplines; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Language; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Drama; Drama : Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Criticism / Drama; General; Seneca, Lucius Annaeus,; Thyestes; ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
First sentence: At the core of Seneca's Oedipus stands Creon's stunning narrative of his search for a truth that has so far escaped his fellow-citizens, even that cunning antonomastic observer, the king of Thebes.