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Identifier	Thesis 1755
Author	Eagan, Sheila, 1964-
Title	Letters from the chorus : voices of exile from Seneca to Roger Williams / Sheila Eagan
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2004
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	As political exiles, the Roman philosopher and statesman Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-65 AD), and the Puritan colonist Roger Williams (1604-1683), both wrote about exile from personal experience. This thesis examines the similarity demonstrated by Williams and Seneca in treating the theme of exile. The overarching design depicts the program of Roger Williams' exile literature as a recapitulation of Seneca's literary program in exile. The literary corpora of Seneca and Roger Williams are shown to demonstrate a discursive movement from an initial sense of personal frustration and powerlessness to a later sense of purpose and empowerment. This progression is demonstrated in the letters written by each subject while undergoing exile. The epistles are considered as a literary format used by Williams and Seneca to codify their experiences and attitudes into a form of socio-political commentary. Also, in manipulating their thematic and rhetorical emphases, Williams and Seneca demonstrate the revolutionary potential of the exile, which is realized in the literary freedom to comment on contemporary social, cultural, and political concerns in a unique way. The methodology here will be primarily formalist, considering the literary language as a systematic program serving the development of the literary persona. For the contemporary reader, the overall effect can be considered as a form of choric commentary. In equating the exile with the literary device of the chorus, the exile is then seen as the ideal spectator - endowed with greater than average moral authority, Isolation from social and political institutions is recast as the touchstone that legitimizes and informs the exile's voice.
Subject	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. -- Exile Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683 -- Exile Authors -- Exile
Department	Department of English
Advisor	Gigliotti, Gilbert L., 1961-
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	57672532
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