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"item_title" : "Seneca, the Tragedies",
"item_author" : [" Seneca", "David R. Slavitt "],
"item_description" : "In these lively renditions David Slavitt calls attention to the extraordinary work of the great Latin poet Seneca, and makes them appealing to modern readers. Seneca's honest artistry confronts the cruelty and irrationality of his world--the Rome of Caligula, Claudius and Nero. The surprise is that Seneca's world is so like our own. This volume includes five of Seneca's tragedies--Trojan Women, Thyestes, Phaedra, Medea and Agamemnon. (Drama)",
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Overview
In these lively renditions David Slavitt calls attention to the extraordinary work of the great Latin poet Seneca, and makes them appealing to modern readers. Seneca's honest artistry confronts the cruelty and irrationality of his world--the Rome of Caligula, Claudius and Nero. The surprise is that Seneca's world is so like our own. This volume includes five of Seneca's tragedies--"Trojan Women, Thyestes, Phaedra, Medea" and "Agamemnon". (Drama)
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- ISBN-13: 9780801843099
- ISBN-10: 080184309X
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publish Date: April 1992
- Dimensions: 9.08 x 5.95 x 0.66 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.73 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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