Seneca's Tragedies and the Aesthetics of Pantomime

Pantomime was arguably the most popular dramatic genre during the Roman Empire, but has been relatively neglected by literary critics.

Seneca''s Tragedies and the Aesthetics of Pantomime adds to our understanding of Seneca''s tragic art by demonstrating that elements which have long puzzled scholars can be attributed to the influence of pantomime. The work argues that certain formal features which...