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A Companion to Tacitus


A Companion to Tacitus


Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World, Band 147 1. Aufl.

von: Victoria Emma Pagán

161,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 09.01.2012
ISBN/EAN: 9781444354164
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 624

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<i>A Companion to Tacitus</i> brings much needed clarity and accessibility to the notoriously difficult language and yet indispensable historical accounts of Tacitus. The companion provides both a broad introduction and showcases new theoretical approaches that enrich our understanding of this complex author.<br /> <br /> <ul> <li>Tacitus is one of the most important Roman historians of his time, as well as a great literary stylist, whose work is characterized by his philosophy of human nature</li> <li>Encourages interdisciplinary discussion intended to engage scholars beyond Classics including philosophy, cultural studies, political science, and literature</li> <li>Showcases new theoretical approaches that enrich our understanding of this complex author</li> <li>Clarifies and explains the notoriously difficult language of Tacitus</li> <li>Written and designed to prepare a new generation of scholars to examine for themselves the richness of Tacitean thought</li> <li>Includes contributions from a broad range of established international scholars and rising stars in the field<br /> </li> </ul>
Notes on Contributors viii <p>Abbreviations xiii</p> <p>Introduction 1<br /> <i>Victoria Emma Pagán</i></p> <p><b>PART I Texts 13</b></p> <p>1 The Textual Transmission 15<br /> <i>Charles E. Murgia</i></p> <p>2 The <i>Agricola</i> 23<br /> <i>Dylan Sailor</i></p> <p>3 <i>Germania</i> 45<br /> <i>James B. Rives</i></p> <p>4 Tacitus' <i>Dialogus de Oratoribus</i>: A Socio-Cultural History 62<br /> <i>Steven H. Rutledge</i></p> <p>5 The <i>Histories</i> 84<br /> <i>Jonathan Master</i></p> <p>6 The <i>Annals</i> 101<br /> <i>Herbert W. Benario</i></p> <p><b>PART II Historiography 123</b></p> <p>7 Tacitus' Sources 125<br /> <i>David S. Potter</i></p> <p>8 Tacitus and Roman Historiography 141<br /> <i>Arthur Pomeroy</i></p> <p>9 The Concentration of Power and Writing History: Forms of Historical Persuasion in the <i>Histories</i> (1.1-49) 162<br /> <i>Olivier Devillers</i></p> <p><b>PART III Interpretations 187</b></p> <p>10 Deliberative Oratory in the <i>Annals</i> and the <i>Dialogus</i> 189<br /> <i>Christopher S. van den Berg</i></p> <p>11 Tacitus' Senatorial Embassies of 69 CE 212<br /> <i>Kathryn Williams</i></p> <p>12 <i>Deuotio</i>, Disease, and <i>Remedia</i> in the Histories 237<br /> <i>Rebecca Edwards</i></p> <p>13 Tacitus in the Twenty-First Century: The Struggle for Truth in <i>Annals</i> 1-6 260<br /> <i>Barbara Levick</i></p> <p>14 Tacitus' History and Mine 282<br /> <i>Holly Haynes</i></p> <p>15 Seneca in Tacitus 305<br /> <i>James Ker</i></p> <p><b>PART IV Intertextuality 331</b></p> <p>16 <i>Annum quiete et otio transiit</i>: Tacitus (<i>Ag</i>. 6.3) and Sallust on Liberty, Tyranny, and Human Dignity 333<br /> <i>Christopher B. Krebs</i></p> <p>17 "Let us tread our path together": Tacitus and the Younger Pliny 345<br /> <i>Christopher Whitton</i></p> <p>18 Tacitus and Epic 369<br /> <i>Timothy A. Joseph</i></p> <p>19 Silius Italicus and Tacitus on the Tragic Hero: The Case of Germanicus 386<br /> <i>Eleni Manolaraki and Antony Augoustakis</i></p> <p>20 Historian and Satirist: Tacitus and Juvenal 403<br /> <i>Catherine Keane</i></p> <p><b>PART V Theoretical Approaches 429</b></p> <p>21 Masculinity and Gender Performance in Tacitus 431<br /> <i>Thomas Späth</i></p> <p>22 Women and Domesticity 458<br /> <i>Kristina Milnor</i></p> <p>23 Postcolonial Approaches to Tacitus 476<br /> <i>Nancy Shumate</i></p> <p>24 Tacitus and Political Thought 504<br /> <i>Daniel Kapust</i></p> <p>Bibliography 529</p> <p>Index 565</p>
<p>“In sum, this volume is highly recommended – to the novice or the expert alike – in its multiple forms and functions: as an effective introduction to the works of Tacitus; as a refresher on Tacitus’ formative role in shaping Latin historiographical practice and the reception of Latin historical writing by contemporary and modern readerships; as a collection of critically nuanced responses to the literary sophistication of Tacitus’ approaches to producing meaning in its many guises; and as a curative for critiques of Tacitus’ writing which fail to recognize the richness of his intellectual palette.”  (<i>Bryn Mawr Classical Review</i>, 31 February 2014)</p> <p>“With its sensible blend of traditional philology and theoretical innovation, this companion makes, overall, a significant contribution to Tacitean scholarship...The editorial quality of this companion is excellent…The book is well organized and user-friendly…More than enough to guide the kind of readership for which this companion is intended, especially in English.”  (<i>The Classical Review</i>, 1 September 2013)</p> <p>“Here is a work that indicates clearly why Tacitus and his works still matter.”  (<i>Reference Reviews</i>, 1 May 2013)</p> <p>“Even so, the whole remains more than the sum of its excellent parts.  Summing Up: Essential.  Upper-division undergraduates and above.”  (<i>Choice</i>, 1 August 2012)</p>
<b>Victoria Emma Pagán</b> is Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Florida. She is the author of <i>Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History</i> (2004), <i>Rome and the Literature of Gardens</i> (2006), <i>A Sallust Reader</i> (2009), and <i>Conspiracy Theory in Ancient Rome: Conjecture and Social Status</i> (forthcoming), and has published over a dozen articles on Latin literature.
Tacitus (c. 56-120 CE) is the last in the trinity of great Roman historians. Keen to portray the struggle between individual and society, perhaps most memorably characterized by the ever-troubled relationships between princeps and senate, general and soldier, and governor and provincials, his history is inextricably bound with his philosophy of human nature. <br /> <br /> Tacitus’ notoriously difficult language means that perhaps no other classical Latin author requires a general companion more. By providing standard background information necessary for an enhanced appreciation of this historian, A Companion to Tacitus offers a broad introduction to the fundamentals of Tacitean studies. At the same time, the volume showcases new theoretical approaches that enrich our understanding of this complex author.<br /> <br /> The companion includes contributions from a broad range of established scholars and rising stars in the field, who bring new clarity to the work of this great Roman historian, and a fresh accessibility to the richness of Tacitean thought to the next generation of scholars.

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