UID:
almahu_9949385925702882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 273 pages).
ISBN:
9780429318153
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0429318154
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9781000037739
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1000037738
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9781000037715
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1000037711
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9781000037692
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100003769X
Series Statement:
Routledge monographs in classical studies
Content:
"This volume is the first systematic study of Seneca's interaction with earlier literature of a variety of genres and traditions. It examines this interaction and engagement in his prose works, offering interpretative readings that are at once groundbreaking and stimulating to further study. Focusing on the Dialogues, the Naturales Quaestiones, and the Moral Epistles, the volume includes multi-perspectival studies of Seneca's interaction with all the great Latin epics (Lucretius, Vergil and Ovid), and discussions of how Seneca's philosophical thought is informed by Hellenistic doxography, forensic rhetoric and declamation, the Homeric tradition, Euripidean tragedy and Greco-Roman mythology. The studies analyzes the philosophy behind Seneca's incorporating exact quotations from earlier tradition (including his criteria of selectivity) and Seneca's interaction with ideas, trends and techniques from different sources, in order to elucidate his philosophical ideas and underscore his original contribution to the discussion of established philosophical traditions. They also provide a fresh interpretation of moral issues with particular application to the Roman worldview as fashioned by the mos maiorum. The volume, finally, features detailed discussion of the ways in which Seneca, the author of philosophical prose, puts forward his stance towards poetics and figures himself as a poet. Intertextuality in Seneca's Philosophical Writings will be of interest not only to those working on Seneca's philosophical works, but also to anyone working on Latin literature and intertextuality in the ancient world"--
Note:
〈P〉Introduction: Intertextuality in the Philosopher Seneca 〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Myrto Garani, Andreas N. Michalopoulos, Sophia Papaioannou〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉〈/P〉〈B〉〈P〉Part 1〈/P〉〈/B〉〈P〉1. Seneca on Augustus and Roman Fatherhood〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Amanda Wilcox〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉2. Myth, Poetry and Homer in Seneca 〈I〉Philosophus〈/I〉 〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Scott Smith 〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉3. Seneca and the Doxography or Ethics〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Jula Wildberger〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉〈/P〉〈B〉〈P〉Part 2〈/P〉〈/B〉〈P〉4. Reading Seneca Reading Vergil 〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Sophia Papaioannou〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉5. Seneca Quoting Ovid in the 〈I〉Epistulae Morales〈/P〉〈P〉Andreas N. Michalopoulos〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉6. The Importance of Collecting Shells: Intertextuality in Seneca's 〈I〉Epistle〈/I〉 49〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Francesca Roman Berno〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉7. 〈I〉Sub auro servitus habitat〈/I〉: Seneca's Moralizing of Architecture and the Anti-Neronian Querelle 〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Tommaso Gazzarri〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉8. Seneca on the Mother Cow: Poetic Models and Natural Philosophy in the 〈I〉Consolation to Marcia〈/I〉 〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Fabio Tutrone〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉9. Seneca on Pythagoras' 〈I〉mirabilia aquarum〈/I〉 (〈I〉NQ〈/I〉 3.20-1, 25-6; Ovid 〈I〉Met〈/I〉. 15.270-336)〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Myrto Garani〈/P〉〈/I〉
Additional Edition:
Print version: Intertextuality in Seneca's philosophical writings. New York : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9780367331511
Language:
English
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DOI:
10.4324/9780429318153
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429318153
