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Seneca's Characters - Fictional Identities and Implied Human Selves (Hardcover)
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Seneca's Characters - Fictional Identities and Implied Human Selves (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
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Seneca's Characters addresses one of the most enduring and least
theorised elements of literature: fictional character and its
relationship to actual, human selfhood. Where does the boundary
between character and person lie? While the characters we encounter
in texts are obviously not 'real' people, they still possess
person-like qualities that stimulate our attention and engagement.
How is this relationship formulated in contexts of theatrical
performance, where characters are set in motion by actual people,
actual bodies and voices? This book addresses such questions by
focusing on issues of coherence, imitation, appearance and
autonomous action. It argues for the plays' sophisticated treatment
of character, their acknowledgement of its purely fictional
ontology alongside deep - and often dark - appreciation of its
quasi-human qualities. Seneca's Characters offers a fresh
perspective on the playwright's powerful tragic aesthetics that
will stimulate scholars and students alike.
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