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Dissidence and Literature Under Nero The Price of Rhetoricization
By Vasily Rudich
Copyright 1997
408 Pages
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Routledge
406 Pages
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Routledge
408 Pages
by
Routledge
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This work inquires into the impact of dissident sensibilities on the writings of the major Neronian authors. It offers a detailed and innovative analysis of essays, poetry and fiction written by Seneca, Lucan and Petronius, and illuminates their psychological and moral anguish. The study is intended as a companion volume to Vasily Rudich's earlier work Political Dissidence under Nero: The Price... Read more
INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 SENECA; Chapter 2 LUCAN; Chapter 3 PETRONIUS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index OF NAMES; Index OF SUBJECTS; Index LOCORUM;
Biography
Vasily Rudich
'This is a great book. In a non-sentimental way, R. draws out the stature of Seneca, Lucan and Petronius admirably. Here are true riches. It has been a privilege to read and review it.' - Michael Northey, JACT Review
'Dissidence and Literature combines considerable erudition and scholarship, detailed references to the historical background and close attention to psychology and circumstance.' - Times Literary Supplement
'It is commendable of Vasily Rudich's new analysis of three Roman authors who met a sorry end under the unsavory Nero (emperor 54-68 AD) that it breaks from this dual bind in combining politics, psychology, and stylistics in its analysis of the writings of our ill-fated trio - Seneca, Lucan and Petronius. Dissidence and Literature under Nero combines considerable erudition and scholarship, detailed references to the historical background and close attention to psychology and circumstance.' - Shadi Bartsch, Times Literary Supplement
