书名: Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters: Places to Dwell
作者: John Henderson (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press (April 5, 2004)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521829445
ISBN-13: 978-0521829441
Book Description
Dr Henderson reads three key Letters which visit three Roman villas, and surveys the whole collection to show how these villas work as designs for contrasting lives. Here Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating models for moralizing which feature self-criticism, parody, and animated revision of myth. The Stoic moralist wrests ethical practice and writing away from Greek gurus and texts, and into critical thinking in Latin terms, within a Roman context. The Letters turn powerful critical thinking on metaphor and translation, self-transformation and cultural tradition.
About the Author
John Henderson is Reader in Latin Literature at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of King's College. His recent books include: Pliny's Statue: The Letters, Self-Portraiture & Classical Art (2002), Telling Tales on Caesar: Roman Stories from Phaedrus (2001), Writing down Rome: Comedy, Satire, and Other Offences (1999), and Fighting for Rome: Poets and Caesars, History and Civil War (1998). Aesop's Human Zoo: Roman Stories About Our Bodies, and HORTVS: The Roman Gardening Book, are both forthcoming (2004).
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作者: John Henderson (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press (April 5, 2004)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521829445
ISBN-13: 978-0521829441
Book Description
Dr Henderson reads three key Letters which visit three Roman villas, and surveys the whole collection to show how these villas work as designs for contrasting lives. Here Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating models for moralizing which feature self-criticism, parody, and animated revision of myth. The Stoic moralist wrests ethical practice and writing away from Greek gurus and texts, and into critical thinking in Latin terms, within a Roman context. The Letters turn powerful critical thinking on metaphor and translation, self-transformation and cultural tradition.
About the Author
John Henderson is Reader in Latin Literature at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of King's College. His recent books include: Pliny's Statue: The Letters, Self-Portraiture & Classical Art (2002), Telling Tales on Caesar: Roman Stories from Phaedrus (2001), Writing down Rome: Comedy, Satire, and Other Offences (1999), and Fighting for Rome: Poets and Caesars, History and Civil War (1998). Aesop's Human Zoo: Roman Stories About Our Bodies, and HORTVS: The Roman Gardening Book, are both forthcoming (2004).
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