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