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Octavia : attributed to Seneca by Seneca (L. Annaei Senecae), A. J. Boyle (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Octavia Is A Work Of Exceptional Historical And Dramatic Interest. It Is The Only Surviving Complete Example Of The Roman Historical Drama Known As The Fabula Praetexta. Written Shortly After Nero's Death By An Unknown Author, The Play Deals With Events At The Court Of Nero In The Decisive Year 62 Ce, For Which It Is The Earliest Extant (almost Contemporary) Literary Source: Nero's Divorce From His Stepsister Octavia And Marriage To His Mistress Poppaea Sabina; The Quelling Of The Popular Riots Which Followed; Octavia's Deportation To Exile And Death. The Play's Overt Themes Of Sex, Murder, Politics, And Power Inform An Action Which Is No Simple Indictment Of Nero, Rather A Dramatization Of Imperial Autocracy, Political Causation, And The Perceptions And Constructions Of History. The Play Appealed To The Renaissance And Influenced Renaissance Drama And Seventeenth- And Eighteenth-century Historical Opera. Neglected Throughout Most Of The Twentieth Century, This Lyrical And Spectacular Play Has Only Recently Begun To Receive Appropriate Scholarly Attention. This New Edition Of Octavia Attempts To Present This Important Play To As Wide A Readership As Possible. It Offers A New Latin

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Author

Seneca (L. Annaei Senecae), A. J. Boyle (editor)

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199287840

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Humanities