Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-251)-and indexes
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Textual note; THE ROMAN THEATRE; THE DECLAMATORY STYLE; IDEAS MADE FLESH; THE BODY OF THE PLAY; THE PALIMPSESTIC CODE; THE THEATRICALISED WOR(L)D; SENECA INSCRIPTVS; IDEOLOGY AND MEANING; THE METATHEATRICAL MIND; TRAGEDY AND CULTURE; Senecan chronology; Notes; Bibliography; General index; Index of main passages discussed
Tragic Seneca undertakes a radical re-evaluation of Seneca's plays, their relationship to Roman imperial culture and their instrumental role in the evolution of the European theatrical tradition
