Research Catalog

Title

Intertextuality in Seneca's philosophical writings / edited by Myrto Garani, Andreas N. Michalopoulos and Sophia Papaioannou.

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Garani, Myrto, 1975-
• Michalopoulos, Andreas
• Papaioannou, Sophia

Description

xi, 273 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"This volume is the first systematic study of Seneca's interaction with earlier literature of a variety of genres and traditions. It examines this interaction and engagement in his prose works, offering interpretative readings that are at once groundbreaking and stimulating to further study. Focusing on the Dialogues, the Naturales Quaestiones, and the Moral Epistles, the volume includes multi-perspectival studies of Seneca's interaction with all the great Latin epics (Lucretius, Vergil and Ovid), and discussions of how Seneca's philosophical thought is informed by Hellenistic doxography, forensic rhetoric and declamation, the Homeric tradition, Euripidean tragedy and Greco-Roman mythology. The studies analyzes the philosophy behind Seneca's incorporating exact quotations from earlier tradition (including his criteria of selectivity) and Seneca's interaction with ideas, trends and techniques from different sources, in order to elucidate his philosophical ideas and underscore his original contribution to the discussion of established philosophical traditions. They also provide a fresh interpretation of moral issues with particular application to the Roman worldview as fashioned by the mos maiorum. The volume, finally, features detailed discussion of the ways in which Seneca, the author of philosophical prose, puts forward his stance towards poetics and figures himself as a poet. Intertextuality in Seneca's Philosophical Writings will be of interest not only to those working on Seneca's philosophical works, but also to anyone working on Latin literature and intertextuality in the ancient world"--

Series Statement

Routledge monographs in classical studies

Uniform Title

Routledge monographs in classical studies.

Subject

• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. > Criticism and interpretation
• Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D
• Intertextuality

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Call Number

JFE 20-5745

ISBN

• 9780367331511
• 0367331519
• 9780429318153 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000037739 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000037692 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781000037715 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019049961

OCLC

1126003123

Title

Intertextuality in Seneca's philosophical writings / edited by Myrto Garani, Andreas N. Michalopoulos and Sophia Papaioannou.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge monographs in classical studies

Routledge monographs in classical studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Garani, Myrto, 1975- editor.

Michalopoulos, Andreas, editor.

Papaioannou, Sophia, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Intertextuality in seneca's philosophical writings New York : Routledge, 2020. 9780429318153 (DLC) 2019049962

Research Call Number

JFE 20-5745