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Four Tragedies and Octavia by Seneca Trojan Women Oedipus Phaedra Thyestes Pbk
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Short Stories
- Book Series
- n/a
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- Unabridged
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Subject
- Literature & Fiction
- Edition
- n/a
- ISBN
- 9780140441741
- Book Title
- Four Tragedies and Octavia
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 7.8 in
- Publication Year
- 1966
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Drama
- Topic
- European / General, Ancient & Classical
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140441743
ISBN-13
9780140441741
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53276
Product Key Features
Book Title
Four Tragedies and Octavia
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
European / General, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year
1966
Genre
Drama
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
73-158325
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Grade To
UP
Dewey Decimal
872.01
Table Of Content
Seneca: Four Tragedies And OctaviaIntroduction Acknowledgement Thyestes Phaedra (or Hippolytus) The Trojan Women Oedipus Octavia Appendix I. Elizabethan translations and imitations Appendix II. Passages from Seneca's prose
Synopsis
Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse hanging over two feuding brothers, while Phaedra portrays a woman tormented by fatal passion for her stepson. In The Trojan Women , the widowed Hecuba and Andromache await their fates at the hands of the conquering Greeks, and Oedipus follows the downfall of the royal House of Thebes. Octavia is a grim commentary on Nero's tyrannical rule and the execution of his wife, with Seneca himself appearing as an ineffective counsellor attempting to curb the atrocities of the emperor. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty ends. Thyestes depicts the menace of an ancestral curse hanging over two feuding brothers, while Phaedra portrays a woman tormented by fatal passion for her stepson. In The Trojan Women, the widowed Hecuba and Andromache await their fates at the hands of the conquering Greeks, and Oedipus follows the downfall of the royal House of Thebes. Octavia is a grim commentary on Nero's tyrannical rule and the execution of his wife, with Seneca himself appearing as an ineffective counsellor attempting to curb the atrocities of the emperor.
LC Classification Number
PA6666.A1W3 2005
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