Mord(s)bilder - Aufzählungen von Gewalt bei Seneca und Lucan

Often noticed, frequently criticized, the descriptions of physical violence in Seneca's philosophical work De ira and Lucan's civil war epic De bello civili irritate until today. Only looking at the theory of rhetoric, the use of exempla and the staging of violence allows an approach to an...

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Main Author: Backhaus, Maria
Format: eBook
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2019
Series:Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
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Collection: Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Often noticed, frequently criticized, the descriptions of physical violence in Seneca's philosophical work De ira and Lucan's civil war epic De bello civili irritate until today. Only looking at the theory of rhetoric, the use of exempla and the staging of violence allows an approach to ancient reception attitudes and reveals the connections between enumeration and visualizability, violence and the the arousal of the emotions.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (329 p.)
ISBN:9783110639551
9783110635973
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