Seneca's Phaedra by A J Boyle
Phaedra, a disturbing drama of unnatural love, violence, and perverted loyalty, is one of eight surviving tragedies written by the millionaire philosopher and littérateur Lucius Annaeus Seneca (ca 1 B.C. - A.D. 65), chief minister to the Emperor Nero. A.J. Boyle's penetrating introduction and extensive notes show why Seneca so deeply influenced Renaissance drama: psychological insight, vivid and powerful verse, highly effective staging (although the question of performance is controversial), and an intellectually demanding conceptual framework. The translation, printed facing the Latin text, aims at verbal and stylistic fidelity. The book is suitable for class use at senior school and undergraduate level, for students of Latin and of classical civilisation/literature in translation. Students of English and of drama will also find it of value.A. J. Boyle, Professor of Classics, University of Southern California Anthony James Boyle was born in 1942 and educated at St Francis Xavier College in Liverpool, before attending Manchester University and Downing College, Cambridge, where he also taught. He held a teaching position at Monash University in Melbourne for twenty years before moving to the USA in 1989,
where he is now Professor of Classics at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He has been editor of the Classical literary journal, Ramus, since its inception in 1972.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780905205663 |
| ISBN 10 | 0905205669 |
| Title | Seneca's Phaedra |
| Author | A J Boyle |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Francis Cairns Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 1987-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 228 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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