Seneca: Medea / Helen Slaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slaney, Helen, 1981- author.

Series:

Companions to Greek and Roman tragedy

Classical Studies and Archaeology 2019

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Medea, consort of Aegeus, King of Athens (Mythological character)--In literature.

Medea.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web

text file

Summary:

"Composed in early imperial Rome by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Stoic philosopher and tutor to the emperor Nero, the tragedy Medea is dominated by the superhuman energy of its protagonist: diva, killer, enchantress, force of nature. Seneca's treatment of the myth covers an episode identical to that of Euripides' Greek version, enabling instructive comparisons to be drawn. Seneca's Medea has challenged and fascinated theatre-makers across cultures and centuries and should be regarded as integral to the classical heritage of European theatre. This companion volume sketches the essentials of Seneca's play and at the same time situates it within an interpretive tradition. It also uses Medea to illustrate key features of Senecan dramaturgy, the way in which language functions as a mode of theatrical representation and the way in which individuals are embedded in their surrounding conditions, resonating dissonantly with the principles of Roman Stoicism. By interweaving some of the play's subsequent receptions, theatrical and textual, into critical analysis of Medea as dramatic poetry, this companion volume will encourage the student to come to grips immediately with the ancient text's inherent multiplicity. In this way, reception theory informs not only the content of the volume but also, fundamentally, the way in which it is presented."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Seneca and Roman Drama

Personal Context

Philosophical Context

Political Context

Performance Context

2. The Myth of Medea

Ovid's Medea

Epic and Lyric

Medea in Tragedy

Medea in Visual Art

3. Themes

It's All Coming Back to Me (cuncta redeant)

The Angry Sea (mare provocatum)

Now I'm Medea (Medea nunc sum)

4. Language and Style

Extreme Passion

Extreme Rhetoric

Studley's Medea

5. Witchcraft and Stagecraft

The Roman Witch

The French Witch

6. Becoming Medea

Reconciliations

Rituals

Landscapes

Further Reading Index

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Slaney, Helen, 1981- author. Seneca Medea

ISBN:

9781474258609

OCLC:

1061868188

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