Language and desire in Seneca's Phaedra / Charles Segal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segal, Charles, 1936-2002, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Latin drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Latin drama (Tragedy).

Phaedra (Greek mythology) in literature.

Psychoanalysis and literature--Rome.

Psychoanalysis and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages).

Edition:

Princeton Legacy Library edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This close reading of Seneca's most influential tragedy explores the question of how poetic language produces the impression of an individual self, a full personality with a conscious and unconscious emotional life.Originally published in 1986.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: Senecan Tragedy and the Drama of the Self

One. Language and the Unconscious: Towards a Rhetorical View of Character

Two. Imagery and the Landscape of Desire

Three. The Forest World

Four. The Golden Age and Nature

Five. Rivalry with the Father: Initiation and Failure

Six. Parental Models: Ideal and Nightmare

Seven. Character Structure and Symbols of Power: Sword and Scepter

Eight. Desire, Silence, and the Speech of the Sword

Nine. Father, Underworld, and Retribution: Phaedra and Theseus

Ten. Seneca's Patricide and the Trace of Writing

Eleven. Closure, Form, and the Father

Twelve. Conclusion: Rhetoric and Reality

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780691629452

0691629455

9780691610719

0691610711

OCLC:

1016584813