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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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Hlavní autor: Staley, Gregory Allan
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010.
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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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Fyzický popis:1 online resource (xiii, 185 p.) : ill.
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199866809 (ebook) :