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Seneca and the idea of tragedy (2009)

Seneca and the idea of tragedy (2009)

Literary Fiction

Gregory Allan Staley

Year: 2009
Authors: Gregory Allan Staley
Print type: BOOK

Description:

The 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.