|
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Ancient Western philosophy to c 500
|
Buy Now
Intertextuality in Seneca's Philosophical Writings (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R4,212
Discovery Miles 42 120
|
|
|
Intertextuality in Seneca's Philosophical Writings (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
This volume is the first systematic study of Seneca's interaction
with earlier literature of a variety of genres and traditions. It
examines this interaction and engagement in his prose works,
offering interpretative readings that are at once groundbreaking
and stimulating to further study. Focusing on the Dialogues, the
Naturales quaestiones, and the Moral Epistles, the volume includes
multi- perspectival studies of Seneca's interaction with all the
great Latin epics (Lucretius, Vergil and Ovid), and discussions of
how Seneca's philosophical thought is informed by Hellenistic
doxography, forensic rhetoric and declamation, the Homeric
tradition, Euripidean tragedy and Greco-Roman mythology. The
studies analyzes the philosophy behind Seneca's incorporating exact
quotations from earlier tradition (including his criteria of
selectivity) and Seneca's interaction with ideas, trends and
techniques from different sources, in order to elucidate his
philosophical ideas and underscore his original contribution to the
discussion of established philosophical traditions. They also
provide a fresh interpretation of moral issues with particular
application to the Roman worldview as fashioned by the mos maiorum.
The volume, finally, features detailed discussion of the ways in
which Seneca, the author of philosophical prose, puts forward his
stance towards poetics and figures himself as a poet.
Intertextuality in Seneca's Philosophical Writings will be of
interest not only to those working on Seneca's philosophical works,
but also to anyone working on Latin literature and intertextuality
in the ancient world.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
