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Caesar: Bellum Gallicum Book VII by Christopher B. Krebs (2023, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101009177141
ISBN-139781009177146
eBay Product ID (ePID)24059025052
Product Key Features
Book TitleCaesar: Bellum Gallicum Book VII
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAncient & Classical
Publication Year2023
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism
AuthorChristopher B. Krebs
Book SeriesCambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal878.0109
Table Of ContentPreface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; Caesar: Bellum Gallicum Book VII; Commentary; Index personarum locorumque; Index rerum; Bibliography.
SynopsisThe first commentary on Caesar's Bellum Gallicum to approach it as a literary text. Students will appreciate the drama of the narrative, the sustained intertextual borrowings and allusions, the rhetoric of the speeches, and the artistry of the language. Both author and text emerge in a completely new light., This is the first commentary on Caesar's Bellum Gallicum to approach it as a literary text. It attempts a contextualized reading of the work through the eyes of a contemporary Roman reader, who was trained in rhetoric, versed in Greek and Roman literature, and familiar with the same political and cultural conventions and discourses as its author. In appreciating Caesar as a writer and situating the seventh book of the Bellum Gallicum within its 'horizon of expectations' and especially its historiographical tradition, it reveals much that rewards careful attention, including: a dramatized narrative, sustained intertextual borrowings and allusions (especially from and to Thucydides and Polybius), (in)direct speeches telling of Rome's second-greatest speaker, and word- and sound-play telling of the leading linguist, not to mention artful technical descriptions that lack parallels in the Roman republic. Ultimately, both author and text emerge as quite different from their grossly generalized reputations.
LC Classification NumberPA6269
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