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Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters: Places to Dwell

By John Henderson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521829445, 9780521829441
LCC
PA6661.E8 H37 2004
Open Library ID
OL22583879M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
842 kB (861941 bytes)
Pages
200\200
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

John Henderson focuses on three key Letters visiting three Roman villas, and reveals their meaning as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating models for moralizing which feature self-criticism, parody, and animated revision of myth. The Stoic moralist wrests writing away from Greek gurus and texts, and recasts it into critical thinking in Latin terms, within a Roman context. The Letters embody critical thinking on metaphor and translation, self-transformation and cultural tradition.

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