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020 _a9780199866809 (ebook) :
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100 1 _aStaley, Gregory Allan.
245 1 0 _aSeneca and the idea of tragedy
_h[electronic resource] /
_cGregory A. Staley.
260 _aNew York ;
_aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2010.
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 185 p.) :
_bill.
520 8 _aThe question of why Seneca wrote tragedy has been debated since at least the 13th century. Since Seneca was a Stoic, critics assumed he wrote with the standard Stoic theory of literature as education in philosophy in mind. This book argues that Seneca was influenced by Aristotle's famous defense of tragedy against Plato's critique.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 1 0 _aSeneca, Lucius Annaeus,
_dca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
_xTragedies.
650 0 _aMythology, Classical, in literature.
650 0 _aTragedy.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780195387438
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195387438.001.0001
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