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Seneca and the idea of tragedy
The question of why Seneca wrote tragedy has been debated since at least the 13th century. Since Seneca was a Stoic, critics assumed he wrote with the standard Stoic theory of literature as education in philosophy in mind. This book argues that Seneca was influenced by Aristotle's famous defens...
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| Médium: | E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | English |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
c2010.
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| On-line přístup: | Click here to view full text |
| Shrnutí: | The question of why Seneca wrote tragedy has been debated since at least the 13th century. Since Seneca was a Stoic, critics assumed he wrote with the standard Stoic theory of literature as education in philosophy in mind. This book argues that Seneca was influenced by Aristotle's famous defense of tragedy against Plato's critique. |
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| Popis jednotky: | On-campus only: no User ID or password required |
| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (xiii, 185 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliografie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199866809 (ebook) : |