James Ker

The Deaths of Seneca

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning in antiquity and extending to the present day, audiences have felt compelled to revisit and retell Seneca's death scene. The Deaths of Seneca analyzes the function of Seneca's death by looking at three main types of representation: the ancient historical narratives, Seneca's own works, and the post-classical retellings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780199959693
• ISBN-10: 0199959692
• Artikelnr.: 47865610

Autorenporträt

James Ker is Associate Professor of Classical Studies, the University of Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of figures
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Historical Narratives
1. Three Death-Descriptions: Tacitus, Suetonius, Cassius Dio
2. Neronian Exits: Writing Death into History
Part II: Seneca the Author
3. The Man of Many Genres in his Death
4. Consolations on the Departure of the Consoler
5. A Closing Scene in the Theaters of Ethics, Tragedy, and History
6. End of a Series: Death in Epistolary Time
Part III: Receptions
7. Tracing the Tradition
Part IV: Themes
8. Forced Suicide and the Bodily Paths to Libertas
9. Passing into Memory: Seneca's Imago and its Reproduction
10. Places Suburban and Serious: The Ruins of Seneca and Scipio
Epilogue
Primary sources
Bibliography