The Passions in Roman Thought and Literature

The Passions in Roman Thought and Literature
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 9780521473910
ISBN-13 : 0521473918
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Book Synopsis The Passions in Roman Thought and Literature by : Susanna Morton Braund

Download or read book The Passions in Roman Thought and Literature written by Susanna Morton Braund and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-08-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays by an international team of scholars in Latin literature and ancient philosophy explore the understanding of emotions (or 'passions') in Roman thought and literature. Building on work on Hellenistic theories of emotion and on philosophy as therapy, they look closely at the interface between ancient philosophy (especially Stoic and Epicurean), rhetorical theory, conventional Roman thinking and literary portrayal. There are searching studies of the emotional thought-world of a range of writers including Catullus, Cicero, Virgil, Seneca, Statius, Tacitus and Juvenal. Issues of debate such as the ethical colour of Aeneas's angry killing of Turnus at the end of the Aeneid are placed in a broad and illuminating perspective. Written in clear and non-technical language, with Greek and Latin translated, the volume opens up a fascinating area on the borders of philosophy and literature.


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