Six Tragedies

Six Tragedies

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28 Feb, 2010

Here is a lively, readable, and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers--the only tr...

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ISBN-10:

0192807064

ISBN-13:

9780192807069

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Dimensions

7.64 X 5.30 X 0.69 inches

Language

English

Description

Here is a lively, readable, and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers--the only tragic playwright from ancient Rome whose work survives. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca lived through uncertain, oppressive, and violent times, and his dramas depict the extremes of human behavior. Rape, suicide, child-murder, incestuous love, madness, and mutilation afflict the characters, who are obsessed and destroyed by their feelings. Seneca forces us to think about the difference between compromise and hypocrisy, about what happens when emotions overwhelm judgment, and about how a person can be good, calm, or happy in a corrupt society and under constant threat of death. In addition to her superb translation, Emily Wilson provides an invaluable introduction which offers a succinct account of Seneca's life and times, his philosophical beliefs, the literary form of the plays, and their immense influence on European literature. The book also includes an up-to-date bibliography and explanatory notes which identify mythological allusions.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Product Details

ISBN-10

:0192807064

ISBN-13

:9780192807069

Publisher

:Oxford University Press

Publication date

: 28 Feb, 2010

Category

: Drama

Sub-Category

: Ancient & Classical

Format

:PAPERBACK

Language

:English

Reading Level

: All

No. of Units

:1

Dimension

: 7.64 X 5.30 X 0.69 inches

Weight

:213 g

Editorial Reviews

"This edition of Seneca's tragedies is fresh, affordable, and teachable, and I hope it will make Senecan tragedy more accessible for those wanting to teach it in courses on Latin literature, drama, or myth. Wilson has discovered a proper idiom for Seneca's tragedies, one that not only is suitable for the grandeur of his rhetorical catalogues, but can also deliver his sententiae with the cunning and thrust they deserve."-Bryn Mawr Classical Review

About the Author

Emily Wilson is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Pennsylvania.

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