
Seneca
Christopher Star(Author)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 1. November 2016
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-84885-889-3 (ISBN)
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Description
After centuries of neglect there is renewed interest in the life and works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca (or Seneca the Younger, c 4 BCE-65 CE). At one time an advisor at court to Nero, Seneca and his political career came to ruin when he was implicated in a later plot to kill the capricious and matricidal emperor, and compelled to commit suicide. Discredited through collusion, or at least association, with a notorious and tyrannical regime, Seneca's ideas were for a time also considered derivative of Greek stoicism and thus inferior to the real thing. In this first in-depth introduction to be published for many years, Christopher Star shows what a remarkable statesman, dramatist and philosopher his subject actually was. Seneca's original contributions to political philosophy and the philosophy of the emotions were considerable. He was a favourite authority of Tertullian, who saw Seneca as proto-believer and early humanist. And he is a key figure in the history of ideas and the Renaissance, as well as in literature and drama. This new survey does full justice to his significance.
Reviews / Votes
Our summary gives little idea of the richness of this booklet which abounds in original views without misleading the reader, to whom clarifications are regularly provided. * Revue des Etudes Anciennes (Bloomsbury Translation) * Deftly and artfully crafted, it succeeds not only in demonstrating the excellence of a single play, but mounts a forceful defense of Senecan tragedy generally and signposts the sustained vitality of classical theatrical studies for the coming generation .... Offers a full and balanced perspective of all the advances of the past forty years of Senecan scholarship ... Thoughtfully and caringly designed. * Classics Ireland *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
368 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84885-889-3 (9781848858893)
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Person
Christopher Star is Associate Professor of Classics at Middlebury College, Vermont. He is the author of The Empire of the Self: Self-Command and Political Speech in Seneca and Petronius (2012).

