Seneca by Seneca
The volume includes Trojan Women, Thyestes, Phaedra, Medea, and Agamemnon, plus a preface.
Slavitt's ability is clearly in evidence.. These translations are rendered in lucid, contemporary English, bringing before us the atrocities, horrors, and grotesqueries of Imperial Rome. Classical Outlook Slavitt's translation is... lively and sometimes witty. Times Literary Supplement A good, sensational Senecan read. Queen's Quarterly
David R. Slavitt, poet, novelist, critic, and journalist, has published more than fifty books. His translations include the Metamorphoses of Ovid, The Fables of Avianus, the "Eclogues" and "Georgics" of Virgil, and Seneca: The Tragedies, Vols. 1 and 2, all available from Johns Hopkins.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801843099 |
| ISBN 10 | 080184309X |
| Title | Seneca |
| Author | Seneca |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 1992-05-27 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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