Passions in Roman Thought and Literature

Zusammenfassung Essays explore the understanding of emotions (or 'passions') in Roman thought and literature from a wide range of Latin prose and verse writers. These searching studies of key literary and intellectual texts are all in clear and non-technical language! with Greek and Latin translated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Conventions; Introduction: about this volume Susanna Morton Braund and Christopher Gill; Introduction: the emotions in Greco-Roman philosophy Christopher Gill; 1. Epicurean anger D. P. Fowler; 2. Cicero and the expression of grief Andrew Erskine; 3. The subjugaton of grief in Seneca's Epistles Marcus Wilson; 4. A passion unconsoled? Grief and anger in Juvenal Satire 13 Susanna Morton Braund; 5. Passion, reason and knowledge in Seneca's tragedies Alessandro Schiesaro; 6. Imagination and the arousal of the emotions in Greco-Roman rhetoric Ruth Webb; 7. Pity, fear and the historical audience: Tacitus on the fall of Vitellius D. S. Levene; 8. All in the mind: sickness in Catullus 76 Joan Booth; 9. Ferox uirtus: anger in Virgil's Aeneid M. R. Wright; 10. 'Envy and fear the begetter of hate': Statius' Thebaid and the genesis of hatred Elaine Fantham; 11. Passion as madness in Roman poetry Christopher Gill; Bibliography; Index of ancient passages; General index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Professor Susanna Morton Gill Braund, Susanna Morton Braund, Susanna Morton (Royal Holloway Braund, Susanna Morton Gill Braund, Christopher Gill, Gill Christopher
• Con la collaborazione di: Susanna Morton Braund (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.01.2007
• EAN: 9780521030908
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03090-8
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica classica; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval