Seneca: Hercules Furens

Professor Neil Bernstein (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

168 Seiten

2017
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4742-5492-2 (ISBN)

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Hercules is the best-known character from classical mythology. Seneca’s play Hercules Furens presents the hero at a moment of triumph turned to tragedy. Hercules returns from his final labor, his journey to the Underworld, and then slaughters his family in an episode of madness. This play exerted great influence on Shakespeare and other Renaissance tragedians, and also inspired contemporary adaptations in film, TV, and comics. Aimed at undergraduates and non-specialists, this companion introduces the play’s action, historical context and literary tradition, critical reception, adaptation, and performance tradition.

Neil W. Bernstein is Professor of Classics and World Religions, Ohio University, USA. He has written extensively on Roman literature and identity, including In the Image of the Ancestors: Narratives of Kinship in Flavian Epic (2008) and Ethics, Identity, and Community in Later Roman Declamation (2013).

List of Illustrations
Dedication
Acknowledgments

Preface
Chapter 1. Introducing Hercules Furens
Chapter 2. Major Themes in Hercules Furens
Chapter 3. Monster-slayer, moral exemplar, and madman: Hercules' ancient roles
Chapter 4. Hercules Furens and Seneca’s career
Chapter 5. Performance and Reception

Further reading
Bibliography
Chronology
Glossary of Greek and Latin terms

Erscheinungsdatum	09.02.2017
Reihe/Serie	Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy
Zusatzinfo	15 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	345 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4742-5492-6 / 1474254926
ISBN-13	978-1-4742-5492-2 / 9781474254922
Zustand	Neuware