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Latin Texts: Tacitus Annals XVI by Lee Fratantuono (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-101350023515
ISBN-139781350023512
eBay Product ID (ePID)236597600
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NameTacitus Annals Xvi
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAncient / Rome, Latin, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
AuthorLee Fratantuono
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Literary Collections, History
SeriesLatin Texts
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2017-024383
Reviews"This handy guide to book XVI of the Annals offers easier access to a difficult but important author of the Silver Age and of Roman historiography through copious lexical, textual, and grammatical notes, and by providing a rich bibliography that encourages further curiosity about Tacitean studies ... Fratantuono's reminders in his introduction and throughout the commentary of how Tacitus' text incorporates epic flavor or relates to the works of Virgil or Lucan, for example, make this a particularly interesting and fun commentary to read." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Lee Fratantuono's recent Bloomsbury edition of Book XVI of Tacitus' Annals is a very good choice for undergraduate or graduate students studying this text in the original Latin for the first time. This edition demonstrates considerable scholarly erudition without getting bogged down. Fratantuono's commentary elucidates Tacitus' difficult grammatical constructions without providing excessive translation assistance for Latin students, and he discusses many textual quandaries ... Fratantuono's edition makes a strong and accessible contribution to the Tacitean scholarship on Book XVI of the Annals ., This handy guide to book XVI of the Annals offers easier access to a difficult but important author of the Silver Age and of Roman historiography through copious lexical, textual, and grammatical notes, and by providing a rich bibliography that encourages further curiosity about Tacitean studies ... Fratantuono's reminders in his introduction and throughout the commentary of how Tacitus' text incorporates epic flavor or relates to the works of Virgil or Lucan, for example, make this a particularly interesting and fun commentary to read., "Lee Fratantuono's recent Bloomsbury edition of Book XVI of Tacitus' Annals is a very good choice for undergraduate or graduate students studying this text in the original Latin for the first time. This edition demonstrates considerable scholarly erudition without getting bogged down. Fratantuono's commentary elucidates Tacitus' difficult grammatical constructions without providing excessive translation assistance for Latin students, and he discusses many textual quandaries ... Fratantuono's edition makes a strong and accessible contribution to the Tacitean scholarship on Book XVI of the Annals ." - New England Classical Journal "This handy guide to book XVI of the Annals offers easier access to a difficult but important author of the Silver Age and of Roman historiography through copious lexical, textual, and grammatical notes, and by providing a rich bibliography that encourages further curiosity about Tacitean studies ... Fratantuono's reminders in his introduction and throughout the commentary of how Tacitus' text incorporates epic flavor or relates to the works of Virgil or Lucan, for example, make this a particularly interesting and fun commentary to read." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review, The 35 extant chapters of Annals XVI come alive in this new commentary. Fratantuono's energetic and insightful guidance makes the text accessible to students new to Tacitus, while providing ample resources for the more advanced scholar. Amidst the death and despondency of book XVI, Fratantuono celebrates the dramatic power of Rome's greatest historian, Fratantuono writes with verve and enthusiasm. His brief general introduction to the author and his times is as good as any I have read.
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal937.07
Table Of ContentList of Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Text Commentary Glossary Further Reading and Bibliography Index
SynopsisBook XVI of Tacitus' Annals is the last of the surviving books of the great Roman historian's monumental account of the reigns of the emperors from Tiberius to Nero. The unfinished book offers a stunning portrait of Nero in his last years, a man now free of the restraining influences of his mother Agrippina and tutor Seneca. Annals XVI presents such unforgettable scenes as the spectacle of Petronius' suicide, and the mad quest of Nero to find the gold of the Carthaginian queen Dido. This edition provides a commentary to the entire book, with notes carefully aimed at first-time readers of Tacitus as well as more advanced students. An introduction provides a guide to what we know of Tacitus' life and work, as well as to the reign of Nero and Tacitus' depiction of an empire in transition, of a Rome teetering on the verge of chaos and collapse. A full vocabulary at the end of the volume is a vital resource for students preparing this text for class work or assessment.
LC Classification NumberPA6705.A9T33 2017
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