{"product_id":"the-art-of-veiled-speech-self-censorship-from-aristophanes-to-hobbes-hardback-9780812247350","title":"The Art of Veiled Speech; Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes (Hardback) 9780812247350","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Art of Veiled Speech\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelf-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHan Baltussen (Edited by), Peter J. Davis (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812247350\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 September 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 2 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 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\"The essays in this volume perform a very broad sweep of premodern European centuries and provide an excellent corrective to the misconception that censorship, as we think of it, originated in the early modern period. The editors are well aware that they have taken on a vast subject, and their desire to treat it across such a wide swath and in so many different contexts is very bold.\" (Ralph M. Rosen, University of Pennsylvania)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout Western history, there have been those who felt compelled to share a dissenting opinion on public matters, while still hoping to avoid the social, political, and even criminal consequences for exercising free speech. In this collection of fourteen original essays, editors Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis trace the roots of censorship far beyond its supposed origins in early modern history.\u003cbr\u003e Beginning with the ancient Greek concept of \u003ci\u003eparrhÊsia\u003c\/i\u003e, and its Roman equivalent \u003ci\u003elibertas\u003c\/i\u003e, the contributors to \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Veiled Speech\u003c\/i\u003e examine lesser-known texts from historical periods, some famous for setting the benchmark for free speech, such as fifth-century Athens and republican Rome, and others for censorship, such as early imperial and late antique Rome. Medieval attempts to suppress heresy, the Spanish Inquisition, and the writings of Thomas Hobbes during the Reformation are among the examples chosen to illustrate an explicit link of cultural censorship across time, casting new light on a range of issues: Which circumstances and limits on free speech were in play? What did it mean for someone to \"speak up\" or \"speak truth to authority\"?\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on poetry, history, drama, and moral and political philosophy the volume demonstrates the many ways that writers over the last 2500 years have used wordplay, innuendo, and other forms of veiled speech to conceal their subversive views, anticipating censorship and making efforts to get around it. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Veiled Speech\u003c\/i\u003e offers new insights into the ingenious methods of self-censorship to express controversial views, revealing that the human voice cannot be easily silenced.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e Pauline Allen, Han Baltussen, Megan Cassidy-Welch, Peter J. Davis, Andrew Hartwig, Gesine Manuwald, Bronwen Neil, Lara O'Sullivan, Jon Parkin, John Penwill, FranÇois Soyer, Marcus Wilson, Ioannis Ziogas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. \u003ci\u003eParrhÊsia\u003c\/i\u003e, Free Speech, and Self-Censorship\u003cbr\u003e -Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Self-Censorship in Ancient Greek Comedy\u003cbr\u003e -Andrew Hartwig\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. \u003ci\u003eParrhÊsia\u003c\/i\u003e and Censorship in the \u003ci\u003ePolis\u003c\/i\u003e and the Symposium: An Exploration of Hyperides \u003ci\u003eAgainst Philippides\u003c\/i\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e -Lara O'Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. A Bark Worse Than His Bite? Diogenes the Cynic and the Politics of Tolerance in Athens\u003cbr\u003e -Han Baltussen\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Censorship for the Roman Stage?\u003cbr\u003e -Gesine Manuwald\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Poet as Prince: Author and Authority Under Augustus\u003cbr\u003e -Ioannis Ziogas\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. \"\u003ci\u003eQuae quis fugit damnat\u003c\/i\u003e\": Outspoken Silence in Seneca's \u003ci\u003eEpistles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -Marcus Wilson\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Argo's Flavian Politics: The Workings of Power in Valerius Flaccus\u003cbr\u003e -Peter J. Davis\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Compulsory Freedom: Literature in Trajan's Rome\u003cbr\u003e -John Penwill\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Christian Correspondences: The Secrets of Letter-Writers and Letter-Bearers\u003cbr\u003e -Pauline Allen\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. \"Silence Is Also Annulment\": Veiled and Unveiled Speech in Seventh-Century Martyr Commemorations\u003cbr\u003e -Bronwen Neil\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. \"\u003ci\u003eDixit quod nunquam vidit hereticos\u003c\/i\u003e\": Dissimulation and Self-Censorship in Thirteenth-Century Inquisitorial Testimonies\u003cbr\u003e -Megan Cassidy-Welch\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. Inquisition, Art, and Self-Censorship in the Early Modern Spanish Church, 1563-1834\u003cbr\u003e -FranÇois Soyer\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. Thomas Hobbes and the Problem of Self-Censorship\u003cbr\u003e -Jonathan Parkin\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e -Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685676609816,"sku":"9780812247350","price":48.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-art-of-veiled-speech-self-censorship-from-aristophanes-to-hobbes-hardback-9780812247350","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}