Seneca's Drama

by Norman T. Pratt

Book Overview

With insight and clarity, Norman Pratt makes available to the general reader an understanding of the major elements that shaped Seneca's plays. These he defines as Neo-Stoicism, declamatory rhetoric, and the chaotic, violent conditions of Senecan society.

Seneca's drama shows the nature of this society and uses freely the declamatory rhetorical techniques familiar to any well-educated Roman. But the most important element, Pratt argues, is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807857122
• ISBN13: 9780807857120
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"