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Book Seneca  Medea

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  • Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 0199602085
  • Pages : 633 pages

Download or read book Seneca Medea written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full-scale critical edition of Seneca's Medea which offers a substantial introduction, a new Latin text, an English verse translation, and a detailed commentary. Boyle locates the play firmly in its contemporary, historical, and theatrical context and in the ensuing literary and dramatic tradition.

Book The Tragedies of Seneca

Download or read book The Tragedies of Seneca written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Six Tragedies

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  • Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2010-01-14
  • ISBN : 0192807064
  • Pages : 277 pages

Download or read book Six Tragedies written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-14 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a lively, readable and accurate verse translation of the six best plays by one of the most influential of all classical Latin writers. The volume includes Phaedra, Oedipus, Medea, Trojan Women, Hercules Furens, and Thyestes, together with an invaluable introduction and notes.

Book The Medea of Seneca

Download or read book The Medea of Seneca written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Seneca  Medea

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  • Author : Helen Slaney
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2019-02-21
  • ISBN : 147425862X
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Seneca Medea written by Helen Slaney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed in early imperial Rome by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Stoic philosopher and tutor to the emperor Nero, the tragedy Medea is dominated by the superhuman energy of its protagonist: diva, killer, enchantress, force of nature. Seneca's treatment of the myth covers an episode identical to that of Euripides' Greek version, enabling instructive comparisons to be drawn. Seneca's Medea has challenged and fascinated theatre-makers across cultures and centuries and should be regarded as integral to the classical heritage of European theatre. This companion volume sketches the essentials of Seneca's play and at the same time situates it within an interpretive tradition. It also uses Medea to illustrate key features of Senecan dramaturgy, the way in which language functions as a mode of theatrical representation and the way in which individuals are embedded in their surrounding conditions, resonating dissonantly with the principles of Roman Stoicism. By interweaving some of the play's subsequent receptions, theatrical and textual, into critical analysis of Medea as dramatic poetry, this companion volume will encourage the student to come to grips immediately with the ancient text's inherent multiplicity. In this way, reception theory informs not only the content of the volume but also, fundamentally, the way in which it is presented.

Book Seneca  Medea

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  • Author : Helen Slaney
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2019-02-21
  • ISBN : 1474258638
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Seneca Medea written by Helen Slaney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed in early imperial Rome by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Stoic philosopher and tutor to the emperor Nero, the tragedy Medea is dominated by the superhuman energy of its protagonist: diva, killer, enchantress, force of nature. Seneca's treatment of the myth covers an episode identical to that of Euripides' Greek version, enabling instructive comparisons to be drawn. Seneca's Medea has challenged and fascinated theatre-makers across cultures and centuries and should be regarded as integral to the classical heritage of European theatre. This companion volume sketches the essentials of Seneca's play and at the same time situates it within an interpretive tradition. It also uses Medea to illustrate key features of Senecan dramaturgy, the way in which language functions as a mode of theatrical representation and the way in which individuals are embedded in their surrounding conditions, resonating dissonantly with the principles of Roman Stoicism. By interweaving some of the play's subsequent receptions, theatrical and textual, into critical analysis of Medea as dramatic poetry, this companion volume will encourage the student to come to grips immediately with the ancient text's inherent multiplicity. In this way, reception theory informs not only the content of the volume but also, fundamentally, the way in which it is presented.

Book Medea

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  • Author : James J. Clauss
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2020-06-30
  • ISBN : 0691215081
  • Pages : 391 pages

Download or read book Medea written by James J. Clauss and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the dawn of European literature, the figure of Medea--best known as the helpmate of Jason and murderer of her own children--has inspired artists in all fields throughout all centuries. Euripides, Seneca, Corneille, Delacroix, Anouilh, Pasolini, Maria Callas, Martha Graham, Samuel Barber, and Diana Rigg are among the many who have given Medea life on stage, film, and canvas, through music and dance, from ancient Greek drama to Broadway. In seeking to understand the powerful hold Medea has had on our imaginations for nearly three millennia, a group of renowned scholars here examines the major representations of Medea in myth, art, and ancient and contemporary literature, as well as the philosophical, psychological, and cultural questions these portrayals raise. The result is a comprehensive and nuanced look at one of the most captivating mythic figures of all time. Unlike most mythic figures, whose attributes remain constant throughout mythology, Medea is continually changing in the wide variety of stories that circulated during antiquity. She appears as enchantress, helper-maiden, infanticide, fratricide, kidnapper, founder of cities, and foreigner. Not only does Medea's checkered career illuminate the opposing concepts of self and other, it also suggests the disturbing possibility of otherness within self. In addition to the editors, the contributors include Fritz Graf, Nita Krevans, Jan Bremmer, Dolores M. O'Higgins, Deborah Boedeker, Carole E. Newlands, John M. Dillon, Martha C. Nussbaum, Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, and Marianne McDonald.

Book Seneca s Medea and Republican Spain

Download or read book Seneca s Medea and Republican Spain written by Oliver Baldwin and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive archival research and containing rare and previously unpublished photos, this book provides the most detailed reconstruction ever of one of the most important events in Spanish theatrical history.Winner of the 2019-20 AHGBI-Spanish Embassy Publication Prize On 18 June 1933, one of the most important events in Spanish theatrical history took place before an audience of 3,000 spectators in the ruins of the Roman Theatre in Mérida. Translated into Spanish by philosopher Miguel de Unamuno, staged by the renowned Xirgu-Borràs Company and funded by the government, the performance of Seneca''s Medea was a triumph of republican culture and widely hailed for its new dramatic and scenic languages. This book provides the most detailed reconstruction of this pivotal production to date, setting it in context and analysing its origin and legacy. Early twentieth-century intellectuals considered Seneca, ''the philosopher from Córdoba'', the epitome of Spanishness and the first in an illustrious line of playwrights stretching from Spain''s Roman Antiquity to its Silver Age. His play was seen as the ideal vehicle to showcase the Second Spanish Republic''s cultural, social and educational agenda but provoked a furious backlash from opponents to the government''s progressive programme. The book shows how the performance became a cultural ritual which stood at the centre of critical discussions on national identity, politics, secularism, women''s rights and new European aesthetics of theatre-making. Based on extensive archival research and containing rare and previously unpublished photos, it will be of interest to theatre historians, scholars of Classical Reception and historians of the Second Spanish Republic.aywrights stretching from Spain''s Roman Antiquity to its Silver Age. His play was seen as the ideal vehicle to showcase the Second Spanish Republic''s cultural, social and educational agenda but provoked a furious backlash from opponents to the government''s progressive programme. The book shows how the performance became a cultural ritual which stood at the centre of critical discussions on national identity, politics, secularism, women''s rights and new European aesthetics of theatre-making. Based on extensive archival research and containing rare and previously unpublished photos, it will be of interest to theatre historians, scholars of Classical Reception and historians of the Second Spanish Republic.aywrights stretching from Spain''s Roman Antiquity to its Silver Age. His play was seen as the ideal vehicle to showcase the Second Spanish Republic''s cultural, social and educational agenda but provoked a furious backlash from opponents to the government''s progressive programme. The book shows how the performance became a cultural ritual which stood at the centre of critical discussions on national identity, politics, secularism, women''s rights and new European aesthetics of theatre-making. Based on extensive archival research and containing rare and previously unpublished photos, it will be of interest to theatre historians, scholars of Classical Reception and historians of the Second Spanish Republic.aywrights stretching from Spain''s Roman Antiquity to its Silver Age. His play was seen as the ideal vehicle to showcase the Second Spanish Republic''s cultural, social and educational agenda but provoked a furious backlash from opponents to the government''s progressive programme. The book shows how the performance became a cultural ritual which stood at the centre of critical discussions on national identity, politics, secularism, women''s rights and new European aesthetics of theatre-making. Based on extensive archival research and containing rare and previously unpublished photos, it will be of interest to theatre historians, scholars of Classical Reception and historians of the Second Spanish Republic.ce became a cultural ritual which stood at the centre of critical discussions on national identity, politics, secularism, women''s rights and new European aesthetics of theatre-making. Based on extensive archival research and containing rare and previously unpublished photos, it will be of interest to theatre historians, scholars of Classical Reception and historians of the Second Spanish Republic.

Book Two Tragedies of Seneca

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  • Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1899
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 124 pages

Download or read book Two Tragedies of Seneca written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Medea

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  • Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 1986
  • ISBN : 9780801494321
  • Pages : 134 pages

Download or read book Medea written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medea is a fabula crepidata (Roman tragedy with Greek subject) of about 1027 lines of verse written by Seneca. It is generally considered to be the strongest of his earlier plays. It was written around 50 CE. The play is about the vengeance of Medea against her betraying husband Jason and King Creon. The leading role, Medea, delivers over half of the play's lines. Medea addresses many themes, one being that the title character represents "payment" for humans' transgression of natural laws. She was sent by the gods to punish Jason for his sins. Another theme is her powerful voice that cannot be silenced, not even by King Creon.

Book The Medea of Seneca

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  • Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Publisher : Legare Street Press
  • Release : 2022-10-27
  • ISBN : 9781015748941
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Medea of Seneca written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Medea

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  • Author : Seneca
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2017-02-19
  • ISBN : 1365771407
  • Pages : 44 pages

Download or read book Medea written by Seneca and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-19 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medea finds her position in the Greek world threatened when her husband Jason attempts to leave her for a Greek princess of Corinth. In this classic translation of Seneca's Medea, Ella Harris retains the powerful effects of the monologues, as well as the unique flavor of Seneca's language.

Book Two Tragedies of Seneca  Medea and The Daughters of Troy

Download or read book Two Tragedies of Seneca Medea and The Daughters of Troy written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Two Tragedies of Seneca: Medea and The Daughters of Troy" by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (translated by Ella Isabel Harris). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Book Medea

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  • Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1834
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 96 pages

Download or read book Medea written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Medea

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  • Author : Christa Wolf
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 1998-03-17
  • ISBN : 0385518579
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Medea written by Christa Wolf and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 1998-03-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medea is among the most notorious women in the canon of Greek tragedy: a woman scorned who sacrifices her own children to her jealous rage. In her gripping new novel, Christa Wolf expands this myth, revealing a fiercely independent woman ensnared in a brutal political battle. Medea, driven by her conscience to leave her corrupt homeland, arrives in Corinth with her husband, the hero Jason. He is welcomed, but she is branded the outsider—and then she discovers the appalling secret behind the king's claim to power. Unwilling to ignore the horrifying truth about the state, she becomes a threat to the king and his ruthless advisors. Then abandoned by Jason and made a public scapegoat, she is reviled as a witch and a murderess. Long a sharp-eyed political observer, Christa Wolf transforms this ancient tale into a startlingly relevant commentary on our times. Possessed of the enduring truths so treasured in the classics, and yet with a thoroughly contemporary spin, her Medea is a stunningly perceptive and probingly honest work of fiction.

Book Virgo to Virago

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  • Author : Kirsty Corrigan
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2013-07-29
  • ISBN : 1443851094
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book Virgo to Virago written by Kirsty Corrigan and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The infamous and formidable mythological figure of Medea has deservedly held an enduring appeal throughout the ages. This has perhaps never been more true than in the Silver Age of Latin literature, when the taste for rhetorical excess and the macabre made the heroine, and especially her notorious acts of witchcraft and the slaughter of her own children in revenge for her husband’s infidelity, a particularly suitable and attractive topic for literary treatment. By examining the portrayal of this remarkable figure in the works of Ovid, Seneca and Valerius Flaccus, Virgo to Virago: Medea in the Silver Age offers a comprehensive study of the representation of the heroine, not only in this specific period, but in the entire Roman era, since these three authors provide the only substantial accounts of this figure to have survived in Classical Latin. Through close analysis of the texts, Virgo to Virago explores the characterisation of Medea, whose mythical life was inevitably overshadowed by her legendary behaviour, considering whether these accounts merely accord with the particular traits of the Silver Age, or whether this mighty female character has any claim to sympathy or admiration in these texts. The book simultaneously examines how the Latin authors compare with, and differ from, both one another and their extant Greek and Roman predecessors, concluding with a discussion of the significance of any comparisons to be drawn between these portrayals of the Roman Medea.

Book Two Tragedies of Seneca

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  • Author : Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • Publisher : Palala Press
  • Release : 2015-09-01
  • ISBN : 9781341131806
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book Two Tragedies of Seneca written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.