Research Catalog

Title

Livy / edited by Jane D. Chaplin and Christina S. Kraus.

Publication

Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Kraus, Christina Shuttleworth, 1958-
• Chaplin, Jane D., 1964-

Description

x, 523 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

This book contains 18 important essays on the work of Livy, which together present a picture of this creative and acutely observant historian writing during the Augustan principate.

Series Statement

Oxford readings in classical studies

Uniform Title

Oxford readings in classical studies

Subject

• Livy
• 753-30 B.C
• Geschiedschrijving
• Romeinse oudheid
• Rome > History > Kings, 753 B.C.-510 B.C
• Rome > Historiography. > Republic, 510 B.C.-30 B.C
• Romeinse rijk
• Rome > Historiography > Kings, 753-510 B.C
• Rome > Historiography. > Republic, 510-30 B.C

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-523).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / J.D. Chaplin and C.S. Kraus -- I. Outlook -- 1. The dating of Livy's first decade / T.J. Luce -- 2. Livy's preface / J.L. Moles -- II. Structure -- 3. The structure of Livy's history / P.A. Stadter -- 4. Structuring Roman history : the consular year and the Roman historical tradition / J. Rich -- 5. Design and Structure in Livy : 5.32-55 / T.J. Luce -- III. Language and style -- 6. Comedy, wit, and humour in Livy / L. Catin -- 7. The literary techniques of Livy / P.G. Walsh -- 8. The style of Livy / A.H. McDonald -- 9. Form and language in Livy's triumph notices / J.E. Phillips -- IV. Narrative -- 10. An introduction to Books 29 and 30 / E. Burck -- 11. Livy and the story of Horatius I.24-26 / J.B. Solodow -- 12. Livy's comic narrative of the Bacchanalia / A.C. Scafuro -- V. Cultural history -- 13. The religious position of Livy's history / W. Liebeschuetz -- 14. The body female and the body politic : Livy's Lucretia and Verginia / S.R. Joshel -- 15. Livy's revolution : civic identity and the creation of the Res Publica / A.M. Feldherr -- VI. Sources and working methods -- 16. Livy and his sources / S.P. Oakley -- 17. Livy's sources and methods of composition in Books 31-33 / J. Briscoe -- 18. Livy and Polybius / H. Trankle -- Major editions of the text of Livy.

ISBN

• 9780199286331 (cased)
• 0199286337 (cased)
• 0199286345 (pbk.)
• 9780199286348 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 310154629
• SCSB-11128418

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library