Seneca's Thyestes

Seneca's Thyestes PDF

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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"Although the 'Thyestes' is widely acknowledged to be one of Seneca's most powerful tragedies, there has until now been no modern commentary on the play in any language. My principal aim has thus been to make this extraordinary work more widely accessible and so contribute to a greater appreciation of its quality. The 'Thyestes' seems to me an even better and richer play now that it did when I embarked on this commentary; I hope that the pleasure I have had in exploring it will be reflected in what I have written, and that my enthusiasm will offer some compensation for my failures of understanding." -- preface, p. [ix].

The Passions in Play

The Passions in Play PDF

Author: Alessandro Schiesaro

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-09-25

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1139440217

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This monograph is devoted to the most important of Seneca's tragedies, Thyestes, which has had a notable influence on Western drama from Shakespeare to Antonin Artaud. Thyestes emerges as the mastertext of 'Silver' Latin poetry, and as an original reflection on the nature of theatre comparable to Euripides' Bacchae. The book analyses the complex structure of the play, its main themes, the relationship between Seneca's vibrant style and his obsession with dark issues of revenge and regression. Substantial discussion of other plays - especially Trojan Women, Oedipus and Medea - permits a comprehensive re-evaluation of Seneca's poetics and its pivotal role in post-Virgilian literature. Topics explored include the relationship between Seneca's plays and his theory of the emotions, the connection between poetic inspiration and the Underworld, and Seneca's treatment of time, which, in a perspective informed by psychoanalysis, is seen as a central preoccupation of Senecan tragedy.

Six Tragedies

Six Tragedies PDF

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.

Seeing Seneca Whole

Seeing Seneca Whole PDF

Author: Katharina Volk

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2006-10-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9047409361

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This volume contains ten essays on Seneca the Younger. Approaching the Roman writer from various angles, the authors endeavor both to illuminate individual aspects of Seneca’s enormous output and to discern common themes among the different genres practiced by him.

Seneca: Thyestes

Seneca: Thyestes PDF

Author: P.J. Davis

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press

Published: 2003-12-19

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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Written in Nero's Rome in about AD62, "Thyestes" is one of the greatest and most influential of classical tragedies. Peter Davies explores the key aspects of the play including the circumstances of its composition, its performance history and its impact on subsequent dramatists.

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