Dissidence and Literature Under Nero: The Price of Rhetoricization

by Vasily Rudich and Karl. Schuon

Book Overview

This work inquires into the impact of dissident sensibilities on the writings of the major Neronian authors. It offers a detailed and innovative analysis of essays, poetry and fiction written by Seneca, Lucan and Petronius, and illuminates their psychological and moral anguish.
The study is intended as a companion volume to Vasily Rudich's earlier work Political Dissidence under Nero: The Price of Dissimulation, where he discussed the ways in which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415867274
• ISBN13: 9780415867276
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"