Seneca: The Tragedies

Seneca: The Tragedies
ISBN-10
080184309X
ISBN-13
9780801843099
Series
Seneca
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
1992-04
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
Seneca

Description

In these lively renditions David Slavitt calls attention to the extraordinary work of the great Latin poet Seneca, and makes them appealing to modern readers. Seneca's honest artistry confronts the cruelty and irrationality of his world--the Rome of Caligula, Claudius and Nero. The surprise is that Seneca's world is so like our own. This volume includes five of Seneca's tragedies--"Trojan Women, Thyestes, Phaedra, Medea" and "Agamemnon". (Drama)

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