John Henderson
Morals and Villas in Seneca's "Letters": Places To Dwell.
Cambridge University Press, 2004. First edition. 0521829445 ix/189 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.25", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
"John Henderson focuses on three key Letters visiting three Roman villas, and reveals their meaning as designs for contrasting lives. Seneca brings the philosophical epistle to Latin literature, creating models for moralizing which feature self-criticism, parody, and animated revision of myth. The Stoic moralist wrests writing away from Greek gurus and texts, and recasts it into critical thinking in Latin terms, within a Roman context. The "Letters" embody critical thinking on metaphor and translation, self-transformation and cultural tradition."