Seneca : Oedipus / Susanna Braund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braund, Susanna Morton, author.

Series:

Companions to Greek and Roman tragedy

Classical Studies & Archaeology 2015

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Oedipus.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2015]

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"Oedipus, king of Thebes, is one of the giant figures of ancient mythology. Through the centuries, his story has inspired works of epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, opera, a gospel musical and more. The myth has been famously deployed in psychology by Sigmund Freud. It may not be too bold to claim that Oedipus is the name from Greco-Roman mythology best known beyond the academy at the present time, thanks to Freud's famous phrase 'the Oedipus complex'. The most famous version of the Oedipus myth from antiquity is the Greek play by Sophocles. But there is another version, the Latin drama by the Roman philosopher and politician Seneca.Seneca's version is an entirely different treatment from that of Sophocles and reflects concerns special to the author and his Roman audience in the first century AD. Moreover, the play actually exercised a much greater influence on European literature and thought than has usually been suspected. This book offers a compact and incisive study of the multi-faceted Oedipus myth, of Seneca as dramatist, of the distinctive characteristics of Seneca's play and of the most important aspects of the reception of the play in European drama and culture. The scope of the book ranges chronologically from Homer's treatment of Oedipus myth in the Odyssey down to a twenty-first century Senecan treatment by a Lebanese Canadian dramatist. No knowledge of Latin or other foreign languages is required."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: The Myth

Chapter Two: Seneca in his Time

Chapter Three: Structure, Themes and Issues

Chapter Four: Reception and Influence of Seneca's Oedipus

Guide to Further Reading

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

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Original

ISBN:

9781474234825

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