Seneca's Characters Fictional Identities and Implied Human Selves

• Main Author: Bexley, Erica M. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Series: Humanities
• Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Latin literature
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This book addresses the much-neglected topic of fictional character and its relationship to actual human identity. Through the lens of Senecan tragedy, it tackles questions of behavioural coherence, imitative exemplarity, physical appearance, psychology, and autonomy. It offers fresh insight into Se...