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  1. Seneca's characters
    fictional identities and implied human selves
    Author: Bexley, Erica
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    "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... more

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    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn
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    2022/2993
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    "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"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781108725774; 9781108477604
    Series: Cambridge classical studies
    Subjects: Aussehen <Motiv>; Exempel; Autonomie <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Philosophus (-65): Epistulae morales ad Lucilium; Herakles; Medea; Ödipus; Thyestes
    Scope: x, 388 Seiten
    Notes:

    Introduction -- Coherence -- Exemplarity -- Appearance -- Autonomy -- Conclusion
  2. Seneca's Characters
    Author: Bexley, Erica M.
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] ; OAPEN FOUNDATION, The Hague

    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,... more

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    Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Hochschulbibliothek Gießen
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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 Seneca's powerful tragic aesthetics.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781108770040; 9781108477604; 9781108725774
    Series: Humanities
    Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Ancient history: to c 500 CE
    Other subjects: Latin literature
  3. Seneca's characters
    fictional identities and implied human selves
    Author: Bexley, Erica
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    "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... more

    Location:
    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn
    Inter-library loan:
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "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"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781108725774; 9781108477604
    Series: Cambridge classical studies
    Subjects: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus; Ödipus; Phädra; Medea; Thyestes; Herakles; Autonomie <Motiv>; Aussehen <Motiv>; Exempel
    Scope: x, 388 Seiten
    Notes:

    Introduction -- Coherence -- Exemplarity -- Appearance -- Autonomy -- Conclusion
  4. Seneca's characters
    fictional identities and implied human selves
    Author: Bexley, Erica
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Introduction -- Coherence -- Exemplarity -- Appearance -- Autonomy -- Conclusion. "Seneca's Characters addresses one of the most enduring and least theorised elements of literature: fictional character and its relationship to actual, human selfhood.... more

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    Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
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    73.2136
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    Introduction -- Coherence -- Exemplarity -- Appearance -- Autonomy -- Conclusion. "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"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781108477604; 9781108725774
    Series: Cambridge classical studies
    Subjects: Characters and characteristics in literature; Human behavior in literature; HISTORY / Ancient / General; Literary criticism
    Other subjects: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D); Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D)
    Scope: x, 388 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index