Seneca's Drama

With insight and clarity, Norman Pratt makes available to the general reader an understanding of the major elements that shaped Seneca''s plays. These he defines as Neo-Stoicism, declamatory rhetoric, and the chaotic, violent conditions of Senecan society.

Seneca''s drama shows the nature of this society and uses freely the declamatory rhetorical techniques familiar to any well-educated Roman. Bu...