Seneca's troades : a literary introduction with text, translation and commentary / Elaine Fantham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fantham, Elaine, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Latin drama (Tragedy).

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

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Andromache (Legendary character)--In literature.

Andromache.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 pages).

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Elaine Fantham provides here a fresh Latin text of Seneca's Traodes and an English version, with an extensive introduction and critical commentary--the first separate treatment of the play in English since Kingery's 1908 edition. Arguing that the Troades was not intended for stage production, the author also discusses the atmosphere of Rome at the time the play was written, when both political and poetic life were felt to be in decline. Although Seneca's plays reflect his experience of tyranny, corruption, and compromise, they are enriched by his contract with the nobler world of poetry. Demonstrating how Seneca loved and imitated the Augustan poets, Professor Fantham reveals the originality that is part of his imitation.Professor Fantham discusses not only the particular characteristics of Seneca's generation but the interplay of his moral and poetic concerns in relationship to his subject--the Trojan captivity.By analyzing his reactions to accounts of this theme in Homer, Euripides, and Augustan epic, she explains his methods and motives in composition.Comparison of the play with Seneca's other works and with other drama exposes some inconsistency, formulaic writing, and excess of ingenuity. It also reveals the influence of epic in loosening his dramtic form and makes apparent his immense vitality.Elaine Fantham is Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto and author of Comparative Studies in the Republican Latin Imagery (Toronto).Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction to the Text

L. Annaei Senecae Troades

Commentary

Bibliography

Indexes

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691613772

069161377X

9780691197715

0691197717

OCLC:

1107354256