The Cambridge companion to Tacitus / edited by A. J. Woodman.
Woodman, A. J. (Anthony John), 1945-
2009
PA6716 .C36 2009 (Mapit)
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The Cambridge companion to Tacitus / edited by A. J. Woodman.
ISBN
9780521874601
0521874602
9780521697484 (pbk.)
0521697484 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 366 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
PA6716 .C36 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
878/.0109
Summary
"Tacitus is universally recognised as ancient Rome's greatest writer of history, and his account of the Roman Empire in the first century AD has been fundamental in shaping the modern perception of Rome and its emperors. This Companion provides a new, up-to-date and authoritative assessment of his work and influence which will be invaluable for students and non-specialists as well as of interest to established scholars in the field. First situating Tacitus within the tradition of Roman historical writing and his own contemporary society, it goes on to analyse each of his individual works and then discuss key topics such as his distinctive authorial voice and his views of history and freedom. It ends by tracing Tacitus' reception, beginning with the transition from manuscript to printed editions, and concluding with his significance in the twentieth century, particularly his influence on political thought in early modern Europe"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Woodman, A. J. (Anthony John), 1945-
Series
Cambridge companions to literature
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From the annalists to the Annales : Latin historiography before Tacitus / A.M. Gowing
Tacitus and the contemporary scene / A.J. Woodman
The Agricola / A.R. Birley
The Germania as literary text / Richard F. Thomas
The faces of eloquence : the Dialogus de oratoribus / Sander M. Goldberg
Fission and fusion : shifting Roman identities in the Histories / Rhiannon Ash
The Tiberian hexad / Christina Shuttleworth Kraus
Hamlet without the prince? : the Claudian Annals / S.J.V. Malloch
'Is dying so very terrible?' : the Neronian Annals / E.E. Keitel
Tacitus' personal voice / Christopher Pelling
Tacitus as a historian / Miriam T. Griffin
Res olim dissociabiles : emperors, senators and liberty / S.P. Oakley
Style and language / S.P. Oakley
Speeches in the Histories / D.S. Levene
Warfare in the Annals / D.S. Levene
From manuscript to print / R.H. Martin
Tacitus and political thought in early modern Europe, c. 1530-c. 1640 / Alexandra Gajda
Gibbon and Tacitus / Paul Cartledge
A dangerous book : the reception of the Germania / C.B. Krebs
Tacitus and the twentieth-century novel / Martha Malamud
Tacitus' Syme / Mark Toher.

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