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Phaedra and Other Plays

Author: Seneca

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2011-08-25

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0141970944

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:

Published: 1904

Total Pages: 484

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Seneca: Phaedra

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-02-23

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780521337137

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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.

The Phaedra of Seneca

Author: Gilbert Lawall

Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers

Published: 1982-01-01

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0865160163

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This illustrated rapid reader includes an analysis of the play, vocabulary, study questions, stage directions, and a new translation of the Hippolytus by Euripides.

Seneca's Phaedra

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Publisher: Francis Cairns Publications

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 250

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Six Tragedies

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-01-14

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0192807064

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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:

Published: 1889

Total Pages: 146

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Language and Desire in Seneca's Phaedra

Author: Charles Segal

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1400885760

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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.

Phaedra

Author: Małgorzata Budzowska

Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783631633052

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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.

Seneca: Phaedra

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-02-23

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 9780521200851

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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 play's dramatic qualities, examining its Greek and Roman background. The introduction presents discussion of dramaturgy and rhetoric as well as style and textual transmission. An unusual feature is the tracing of the influence of Phaedra's story on later European literature and music. The commentary has extensive notes not only on Seneca's language, but also on plot, characterization, and the use of myth.