Healing Grief: A Commentary on Seneca's Consolatio ad Marciam

Is it possible to overcome grief after years of mourning? What should a Roman woman do to regain control of her thoughts? This book – which is the first commentary in English on Seneca’s Consolation to Marcia in forty years, with a revision of the Latin text – explores Seneca’s answers to these and...

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1. Verfasser:	Tutrone, Fabio
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy antiquity Biography, Literature and Literary studies classical and medieval consolation literature emotions Hellenic literatures Classical Greek L. Annaeus Seneca LITERARY CRITICISM Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: general Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient Literature: history and criticism Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Philosophy Philosophy and Religion Roman Stoicism thema EDItEUR thema EDItEUR::D Biography thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHA Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
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Zusammenfassung:	Is it possible to overcome grief after years of mourning? What should a Roman woman do to regain control of her thoughts? This book – which is the first commentary in English on Seneca’s Consolation to Marcia in forty years, with a revision of the Latin text – explores Seneca’s answers to these and other existential questions, shedding new light on Seneca’s appropriation of the ancient genre of consolation for the sake of Stoic moral therapy.
ISSN:	2567-0158
DOI:	10.1515/9783111014845