Brill's companion to Seneca, philosopher and dramatist /

Brill's companion to Seneca, philosopher and dramatist /

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The volume contains a comprehensive survey of each genuine or attributed work of Seneca in the style of concise handbook articles (“Works”). The cultural background (“Context”) and the most important problem areas within the philosophic and tragic corpus of Seneca are dealt with in fuller presentati...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Brill Books and Journals Online, John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund
Other Authors: Damschen, Gregor, Heil, Andreas, 1969-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014
Subjects:
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D > Criticism and interpretation.
Seneca, L. Annaeus > (Lucius Annaeus), > approximately 4 v. Chr.-65 n. Chr
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, > approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D
Criticism and interpretation
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1 Life and Legacy
  • Imago suae vitae: Seneca's Life and Career / Thomas Habinek Habinek, Thomas 3
  • The Works of Seneca the Younger and Their Dates / C.W. Marshall Marshall, C.W 33
  • Transmission / Rolando Ferri Ferri, Rolando 45
  • Seneca and Senecae: Images of Seneca from Antiquity to Present
  • Seneca the Philosopher / Matthias Laarmann Laarmann, Matthias 53
  • Seneca the Dramatist / Werner Schubert Schubert, Werner 73
  • Part 2 Philosophy
  • Context: Seneca's Philosophical Predecessors and Contemporaries / John Sellars Sellars, John 97
  • Works
  • De providentia / R. Scott Smith Smith, R. Scott 115
  • De constantia sapientis / R. Scott Smith Smith, R. Scott 121
  • Deira / Maria Monteleone Monteleone, Maria 127
  • Consolatio ad Marciam / Jochen Sauer Sauer, Jochen 135
  • De vita beata / Fritz-Heiner Mutschler Mutschler, Fritz-Heiner 141
  • De otio / R. Scott Smith Smith, R. Scott 147
  • De tranquillitate animi / Fritz-Heiner Mutschler Mutschler, Fritz-Heiner 153
  • De brevitate vitae / R. Scott Smith Smith, R. Scott 161
  • Consolatio ad Polybium / Jochen Sauer Sauer, Jochen 167
  • Consolatio ad Helviam / Jochen Sauer Sauer, Jochen 171
  • De dementia / Ermanno Malaspina Malaspina, Ermanno 175
  • Naturales quaestiones / Gareth D. Williams Williams, Gareth D. 181
  • Epistulae morales / Aldo Setaioli Setaioli, Aldo 191
  • De beneficiis / Mario Lentano Lentano, Mario 201
  • Lost and Fragmentary Works / Anna Maria Ferrero Ferrero, Anna Maria 207
  • Epistulae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam / Alfons Fürst Fürst, Alfons 213
  • Topics
  • Ontology and Epistemology / Mireille Armisen-Marchetti Armisen-Marchetti, Mireille 217
  • Ethics I Philosophy as Therapy, Self-Transformation, and "Lebensform" / Aldo Setaioli Setaioli, Aldo 239
  • Ethics II Action and Emotion / Margaret R. Graver Graver, Margaret R. 257
  • Ethics III Free Will and Autonomy / Aldo Setaioli Setaioli, Aldo 277
  • Ethics IV Wisdom and Virtue / Jula Wildberger Wildberger, Jula 301
  • Ethics V Death and Time / Catharine Edwards Edwards, Catharine 323
  • Physics I Body and Soul / R. Scott Smith Smith, R. Scott 343
  • Physics II Cosmology and Natural Philosophy / Bardo Maria Gauly Gauly, Bardo Maria 363
  • Physics III Theology / Aldo Setaioli Setaioli, Aldo 379
  • Part 3 Tragedy
  • Context / Wolf-Lüder Liebermann Liebermann, Wolf-Lüder 405
  • Works
  • Hercules furens / Margarethe Billerbeck Billerbeck, Margarethe 425
  • Troas / Wilfried Stroh Stroh, Wilfried 435
  • Phoenissae / Marica Frank Frank, Marica 449
  • Medea / Wolf-Lüder Liebermann Liebermann, Wolf-Lüder 459
  • Phaedra / Roland Mayer Mayer, Roland 475
  • Oedipus / Karlheinz Töchterle Töchterle, Karlheinz 483
  • Agamemnon / Christoph Kugelmeier Kugelmeier, Christoph 493
  • Thyestes / Chiara Torre Torre, Chiara 501
  • Dubious Works
  • Hercules Oetaeus / C.A.J. Littlewood Littlewood, C.A.J. 515
  • Octavia / Rolando Ferri Ferri, Rolando 521
  • Topics
  • Space and Time in Senecan Drama / Ernst A. Schmidt Schmidt, Ernst A. 531
  • Vision, Sound, and Silence in the "Drama of the Word" / Andreas Heil Heil, Andreas 547
  • The Chorus: Seneca as Lyric Poet / Giancarlo Mazzoli Mazzoli, Giancarlo 561
  • The Rhetoric of Rationality and Irrationality / Gottfried Mader Mader, Gottfried 575
  • Characters / G.W.M. Harrison Harrison, G.W.M. 593
  • Themes / G.W.M. Harrison Harrison, G.W.M. 615
  • Greek and Roman Elements in Senecan Tragedy / Sander M. Goldberg Goldberg, Sander M. 639
  • Philosophical Tragedy? / François-Régis Chaumartin Chaumartin, François-Régis 653
  • Part 4 Apocolocyntosis
  • Apocolocyntosis / Renata Roncali Roncali, Renata 673
  • Part 5 Other Works
  • Epigrams / Joachim Dingel Dingel, Joachim 689
  • De vita patris / Michael Winterbottom Winterbottom, Michael 695
  • Part 6 Synthesis
  • Seneca's Language and Style / Michael von Albrecht Albrecht, Michael von 699
  • Systematic Connections between Seneca's Philosophical Works and Tragedies / Susanna E. Fischer Fischer, Susanna E. 745.

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