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The empire of the self

Star, Christopher.

The empire of the self self-command and political speech in Seneca and Petronius / [electronic resource] : Christopher Star. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Soul-shaping speech -- Senecan philosophy and command psychology -- Commanding constantia in Senecan tragedy -- Self-address in the Satyricon -- Soul-revealing speech -- Political speech in De clementia -- Soul-revealing speech and political satire in the Apocolocyntosis and the Satyricon -- Writing, body and money.

9781421407265 1421407264


Petronius Arbiter. Satyricon.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. --Criticism and interpretation.


Latin literature--History and criticism.
Politics in literature.


Electronic books.

PA6029.P64 / S73 2012

870.9/001