{"product_id":"the-art-of-caesars-bellum-civile-literature-ideology-and-community-paperback-9781107470675","title":"The Art of Caesar's Bellum Civile; Literature, Ideology, and Community (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107470675","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Art of Caesar's Bellum Civile\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLiterature, Ideology, and Community\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComprehensive exploration of the artistic properties and intellectual complexity of Caesar's Bellum Civile, showing the interaction of literature and politics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLuca Grillo (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107470675, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 March 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e234 pages, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 1.2 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… it is only through the close reading of [Caesar's] narrative that [his] Bellum Civile impresses, through its intricate and artistic propaganda - pure but unsimple. [Grillo's] study is superb at teasing out its complexities.' W. Jeffrey Tatum, Journal of Roman Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTraditional approaches have reduced Caesar's Bellum Civile to a tool for teaching Latin or to one-dimensional propaganda, thereby underestimating its artistic properties and ideological complexity. Reading strategies typical of scholarship on Latin poetry, like intertextuality, narratology, semantic, rhetorical and structural analysis, cast a new light on the Bellum Civile: Ciceronian language advances Caesar's claim to represent Rome; technical vocabulary reinforces the ethical division between 'us' and the 'barbarian' enemy; switches of focalization guide our perception of the narrative; invective and characterization exclude the Pompeians from the Roman community, according to the mechanisms of rhetoric; and the very structure of the work promotes Caesar's cause. As a piece of literature interacting with its cultural and socio-political world, the Bellum Civile participates in Caesar's multimedia campaign of self-fashioning. A comprehensive approach, such as has been productively applied to Augustus' program, locates the Bellum Civile at the interplay between literature, images and politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. Between ancient and modern approaches: admirers and detractors of Caesar\u003cbr\u003e 1. The swift and the slow: Caesar's art of characterization\u003cbr\u003e 2. The great contest: constantia, innocentia, pudor, and virtus\u003cbr\u003e 3. Redefining loyalty\u003cbr\u003e 4. The limits and risks of Caesar's leniency\u003cbr\u003e 5. The barbarization of the enemy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Two army-communities and their effect on the Roman people\u003cbr\u003e 7. Shaping the future of Rome: the architecture of the Bellum Civile\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Chronology of the Civil War (pre-Julian calendar) and narrative structure of the Bellum Civile\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Composition, publication and genre of the Bellum Civile\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. The manuscript tradition of the Bellum Civile. Opening, end and book division.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913168118040,"sku":"9781107470675","price":32.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107470675i.jpg?v=1696754556","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-art-of-caesars-bellum-civile-literature-ideology-and-community-paperback-9781107470675","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}