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The empire of the self : self-command and political speech in Seneca and Petronius

Title
The empire of the self : self-command and political speech in Seneca and Petronius / Christopher Star.
Author
Star, Christopher
Publication
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 12-6258Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
viii, 302 pages; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Politics in literature
  • Latin literature > History and criticism
  • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. > Criticism and interpretation
  • Petronius Arbiter. Satyricon
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Soul-shaping speech -- Senecan philosophy and command psychology -- Commanding constantia in Senecan tragedy -- Self-address in the Satyricon -- Soul-revealing speech -- Political speech in De clementia -- Soul-revealing speech and political satire in the Apocolocyntosis and the Satyricon -- Writing, body and money.
Call Number
JFE 12-6258
ISBN
  • 9781421406749 (hardback : alkaline paper)
  • 1421406748 (hardback : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2012006338
OCLC
YBP 2012006338
Author
Star, Christopher.
Title
The empire of the self : self-command and political speech in Seneca and Petronius / Christopher Star.
Imprint
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-6258
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