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Seneca's characters : = fictional identities and implied human selves /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Seneca's characters :/ Erica M. Bexley.
Reminder of title:	fictional identities and implied human selves /
Author:	Bexley, Erica M.,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 388 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Jun 2022).
Subject:	Characters and characteristics in literature. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108770040
ISBN:	9781108770040 (ebook)

Seneca's characters : = fictional identities and implied human selves /
Bexley, Erica M.,1982-

Seneca's characters :fictional identities and implied human selves /Erica M. Bexley. - 1 online resource (x, 388 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge classical studies. - Cambridge classical studies..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Jun 2022).

Introduction -- Coherence -- Exemplarity -- Appearance -- Autonomy -- Conclusion.

Open Access.

Seneca's Characters addresses one of the most enduring and least theorised elements of literature: fictional character and its relationship to actual, human selfhood. Where does the boundary between character and person lie? While the characters we encounter in texts are obviously not 'real' people, they still possess person-like qualities that stimulate our attention and engagement. How is this relationship formulated in contexts of theatrical performance, where characters are set in motion by actual people, actual bodies and voices? This book addresses such questions by focusing on issues of coherence, imitation, appearance and autonomous action. It argues for the plays' sophisticated treatment of character, their acknowledgement of its purely fictional ontology alongside deep - and often dark - appreciation of its quasi-human qualities. Seneca's Characters offers a fresh perspective on the playwright's powerful tragic aesthetics that will stimulate scholars and students alike.

ISBN: 9781108770040 (ebook)Subjects--Personal Names:

1014172
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus,
approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.Naturales quaestiones.Subjects--Topical Terms:

580320
Characters and characteristics in literature.

LC Class. No.: PA6686 / .B49 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 872/.01

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