Bøger af Erik (University of Toronto) Gunderson

The Art of Complicity in Martial and Statius examines the relationship between politics and aesthetics in two poets from the reign of Domitian. Gunderson argues that power and politics are intimately involved in Latin praise poetry.

A reading of Seneca's philosophy and tragedy together, exploring the possibility of enlightenment and the human capacity for wisdom and knowledge. It offers readings of a broad swathe of his works, producing an account of Seneca's vision of both philosophy and literature, and the need to fuse the two.