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Seneca
Contributor(s): Fitch, John G. (Editor)
ISBN: 0199282080     ISBN-13: 9780199282081
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE:   $99.75  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: April 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
Dewey: 188
LCCN: 2007033022
Physical Information: 1.13" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.57 lbs) 446 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher Description:
Seneca was a man of many facets: statesman, dramatist, philosopher, prose stylist. His life was marked by extremes of fortune - extremes that are reflected in much of his writing, and in the vicissitudes of his reputation in later centuries. This volume brings together some outstanding essays
written about him over the past four decades, and illustrates the diversity of approaches by which modern critics have attempted to understand this multifaceted figure. Just as Seneca's writings often reflect his times, so current critical approaches often reflect issues in contemporary thought and
society. Several of the essays have been revised by their authors for this volume, and two of them are translated for the first time. A new introduction places the articles within the context of recent academic thought and criticism. All Latin has been translated.