Seneca: Phaedra - Couverture souple

Coffey/Mayer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521337135 ISBN 13 : 9780521337137

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Seneca Lucius Annaeus

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Biographie de l'auteur

Roland Mayer is Professor of Classics in the University of London. He has written widely on a number of Roman authors and issues, and in 1990 with Michael Coffey published an edition with commentary of Seneca's Phaedra (Cambridge University Press).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521337135
• ISBN 13: 9780521337137
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232