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Record Nr.

UNISA996210679903316

Autore

Littlewood C. A. J

Titolo

Self-representation and illusion in Senecan tragedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-170835-6

0-19-926761-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 331 p.)

Collana

Oxford classical monographs Self-representation and illusion in Senecan tragedy

Disciplina

872/.01

Soggetti

Mythology, Classical, in literature

Self-presentation in literature

Illusion in literature

Tragedy

Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.