Morals and Villas in Seneca's Letters: Places to Dwell (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521829441)

John Henderson focuses on three key Letters visiting three Roman villas, and reveals their meaning as designs for contrasting lives. 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 writing away from Greek gurus and texts, and recasts it into critical thinking in Latin terms, within a Roman context. The Letters embody critical thinking on metaphor and translation, self-transformation and cultural tradition.

Author: John Henderson,Henderson John
ISBN-10: 0521829445
ISBN-13: 9780521829441
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2004
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d