Seneca: Oedipus

by Braund, Susanna Morton

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Title Statements

Full title :Seneca : Oedipus / Susanna Braund.

Summary

"Oedipus, king of Thebes, is one of the giant figures of ancient mythology. Through the centuries, his story has inspired works of epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, opera, a gospel musical and more. The myth has been famously deployed in psychology by Sigmund Freud. It may not be too bold to claim that Oedipus is the name from Greco-Roman mythology best known beyond the academy at the present time, thanks to Freud's famous phrase 'the Oedipus complex'. The most famous version of the Oedipus myth from antiquity is the Greek play by Sophocles. But there is another version, the Latin drama by the Roman philosopher and politician Seneca. Seneca's version is an entirely different treatment from that of Sophocles and reflects concerns special to the author and his Roman audience in the first century AD. Moreover, the play actually exercised a much greater influence on European literature and thought than has usually been suspected. This book offers a compact and incisive study of the multi-faceted Oedipus myth, of Seneca as dramatist, of the distinctive characteristics of Seneca's play and of the most important aspects of the reception of the play in European drama and culture. The scope of the book ranges chronologically from Homer's treatment of Oedipus myth in the Odyssey down to a twenty-first century Senecan treatment by a Lebanese Canadian dramatist. No knowledge of Latin or other foreign languages is required."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016, ©2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016, ©2016.

The Physical Object

Description:1 v. (VII-163 p.) : : couv. illustrations en coul. ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781474234795, 1474234798, 9781474234788, 147423478X
oclc:ocn951805589
LC Classification:PA6664.O5
Dewey Decimal:872/.01

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: The Myth -- Chapter Two: Seneca in his Time -- Chapter Three: Structure, Themes and Issues -- Chapter Four: Reception and Influence of Seneca's Oedipus -- Guide to Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index