Morals and Villas In Seneca's Letters

Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.25", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. ix/189 pages. "John Henderson focuses on three key Letters visiting three Roman villas, and reveals their meaning as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. John Henderson explores three letters of Seneca describing visits to Roman villas, and surveys the whole collection to show how these villas work as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating models for moralizing which feature self-criticism, parody and animated revision of myth.

Cambridge University Press, 2004-04-05. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardback. New. John Henderson explores three letters of Seneca describing visits to Roman villas, and surveys the whole collection to show how these villas work as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating models for moralizing which feature self-criticism, parody and animated revision of myth.

Cambridge University Press, 2007-04-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!