The empire of the self self-command and political speech in Seneca and Petronius - Star, Christopher; ebrary, Inc. (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, -- ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Criticism and interpretation; Petronius Arbiter; Politics in literature; Latin literature -- History and criticism; Electronic books