Summary:

The Octavia is generally acknowledged to be a work of the second half
of the 1st century AD, when Nero’s divorce and subsequent execution
of his virtuous first wife, Octavia, would have been topical. It
explores not only the abuse of power but the disintegration of a
society without respect. The reader is challenged to view events in
the last years of the reign of Nero in light of an earlier famous
Octavia, the sister of Augustus abandoned by Antony for Cleopatra,
and also in light of other well known historical dramas. George
Harrison places the Octavia in the context of Latin dramas of the
early empire, both those of Seneca which survive and others on
historical topics, some of which brought charges of treason against
their authors. He discusses major trends in interpretation of the
play and the history of its performance.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 808 -- Rhetoric & collections of literature

Book Details:

Physical Description: 160 pages
Edition Info: Paperback; 2007-06-01

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