Latin Historians
Part of New Surveys in the Classics
- Authors:
- C. S. Kraus, Yale University, Connecticut
- A. J. Woodman, University of Virginia
- Date Published: July 1997
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780199222933
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In recent decades there has been a complete revolution in the way we read the historians of Greece and Rome. Their works have been shown to be quite different in nature from those of today's historians; instead, their techniques and assumptions have much in common with those of Homer or Virgil. Using these narratives as sources for ancient history has become more problematic than ever before, as we come to understand better how their style (the medium) and content (the message) shape each other. This book briefly introduces this revolution as it affects our reading of Latin historical writing, and then provides authoritative and informative discussions of the three major Latin historians of the classical period: Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus. The focus is on narrative technique and structure, intertextuality, and close reading, and the discussions are as accessible to beginning students as they are useful to experienced teachers.
Read more- Innovative approach, blending traditional and new scholarship on ancient texts.
- Authoritative guidance to central problems in the criticism of the classical historians, together with rich, up-to-date bibliographical resources
- Can be used either as a supplement to a reading of the ancient texts or as a stand-alone introduction to three major works of Latin historical narrative.
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- Date Published: July 1997
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780199222933
- length: 140 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 156 x 9 mm
- weight: 0.233kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Sallust
3. Livy
4. The First Century A.D.
Tacitus
Appendix
References and Abbreviations
About the authors
Index.
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