Krauss C.S. & Woodman A.J. Latin Historians

Oxford University Press, 1997. — 140 p.In recent decades there has been a complete revolution in the way we read the historians of Greece and Rome. Their works have been shown to be quite different in nature from those of today's historians; instead, their techniques and assumptions have much in common with those of Homer or Virgil. Using these narratives as sources for ancient history has become more problematic than ever before, as we come to understand better how their style (the medium) and content (the message) shape each other. Latin Historians by C. S. Krauss and A. J. Woodman briefly introduces this revolution as it affects our reading of Latin historical writing, and then provides authoritative and informative discussions of the three major Latin historians of the classical period: Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus. The focus is on narrative technique and structure, intertextuality, and close reading, and the discussions are as accessible to beginning students as they are useful to experienced teachers.From Latin Historians by C. S. Krauss and A. J. Woodman you can expect:
• Innovative approach, blending traditional and new scholarship on ancient texts.
• Authoritative guidance to central problems in the criticism of the classical historians, together with rich, up-to-date bibliographical resources
• Can be used either as a supplement to a reading of the ancient texts or as a stand-alone introduction to three major works of Latin historical narrative.ContentsIntroduction
Sallust
Livy
The First Century A.D. (Velleius Paterculus and Curtius)
TacitusAppendix
References and Abbreviations
About the authors
Index