Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 SENECA; Chapter 2 LUCAN; Chapter 3 PETRONIUS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index OF NAMES; Index OF SUBJECTS; Index LOCORUM;

About the Author

Vasily Rudich

Reviews

'This is a great book. In a non-sentimental way, R. draws out the stature of Seneca, Lucan and Petronius admirably. Here are true riches. It has been a privilege to read and review it.' - Michael Northey, JACT Review

'Dissidence and Literature combines considerable erudition and scholarship, detailed references to the historical background and close attention to psychology and circumstance.' - Times Literary Supplement

'It is commendable of Vasily Rudich's new analysis of three Roman authors who met a sorry end under the unsavory Nero (emperor 54-68 AD) that it breaks from this dual bind in combining politics, psychology, and stylistics in its analysis of the writings of our ill-fated trio - Seneca, Lucan and Petronius. Dissidence and Literature under Nero combines considerable erudition and scholarship, detailed references to the historical background and close attention to psychology and circumstance.' - Shadi Bartsch, Times Literary Supplement