A Companion to Tacitus

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Victoria Emma Pagán
John Wiley & Sons, Jan 9, 2012 - History - 624 pages
A Companion to Tacitus 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.

  • 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
  • Encourages interdisciplinary discussion intended to engage scholars beyond Classics including philosophy, cultural studies, political science, and literature
  • Showcases new theoretical approaches that enrich our understanding of this complex author
  • Clarifies and explains the notoriously difficult language of Tacitus
  • Written and designed to prepare a new generation of scholars to examine for themselves the richness of Tacitean thought
  • Includes contributions from a broad range of established international scholars and rising stars in the field
 

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Contents

Introduction
1
The Textual Transmission
15
The Agricola
23
Germania
45
The Histories
84
The Annals
101
Tacitus Sources
125
Tacitus and Roman Historiography
141
Seneca in Tacitus
305
Tacitus
333
Tacitus
345
Tacitus and Epic
369
Silius Italicus and Tacitus on the Tragic
386
Tacitus and Juvenal
403
Masculinity and Gender Performance
431
Women and Domesticity
458

Forms of Historical Persuasion
162
Deliberative Oratory in the Annals
189
Tacitus Senatorial Embassies of 69 CE
212
Deuotio Disease and Remedia in the Histories
237
Tacitus History and Mine
282
Postcolonial Approaches to Tacitus
476
Tacitus and Political Thought
504
Bibliography
529
Index
565
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About the author (2012)

Victoria Emma Pagán is Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Florida. She is the author of Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History (2004), Rome and the Literature of Gardens (2006), A Sallust Reader (2009), and Conspiracy Theory in Ancient Rome: Conjecture and Social Status (forthcoming), and has published over a dozen articles on Latin literature.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Companion to Tacitus
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
EditorVictoria Emma Pagán
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2012
ISBN1444354167, 9781444354164
Length624 pages
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