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James E. G. Zetzel - Critics, Compilers, and Commentators, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Critics, Compilers, and Commentators

An Introduction to Roman Philology, 200 BCE-800 CE

Av James E. G. Zetzel

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"To teach correct Latin and to explain the poets" were the two standard duties of Roman teachers. Not only was a command of literary Latin a prerequisite for political and social advancement, but a sense of Latin's history and importance contributed to the Romans' understanding of their own cultural identity. Put plainly, philology -- the study of language and texts -- was important at Rome.Critics, Compilers, and Commentators is the first comprehensive introduction to the history, forms, and texts of Roman philology. James Zetzel traces the changing role and status of Latin as revealed in the ways it was explained and taught by the Romans themselves. In addition, he provides a descriptive bibliography of hundreds of scholarly texts from antiquity, listing editions, translations, and secondary literature. Recovering a neglected but crucial area of Roman intellectual life, this book will be an essential resource for students of Roman literature and intellectual history, medievalists, and historians of education and language science.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2018-05-31
  • Mått: 155 x 234 x 27 mm
  • Vikt: 567 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 448
  • Förlag: OUP USA
  • ISBN: 9780195380521
  • Utmärkelser: ^ILibrary Journal^R Best Seller (January 2019)
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James Zetzel studied at Harvard University and the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of London; he has taught at Brown and Princeton Universities and for the last 32 years at Columbia University. He has written extensively on the literature of the first century BCE and on the history of classical scholarship. He has also published two volumes of translations of Cicero.

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Critics, Compilers, and Commentators is a wonderful resource. The works with which it deals "all explain something about Latin texts or the Latin language" (3) and were all written or compiled or otherwise arranged and digested between the beginnings of Latin culture and the end of the eighth century CE. Zetzel has wrestled a billowing mass of material into nine crisp chapters under the rubric "A short history of Roman scholarship"; an extensive bibliographic guide; and forty-seven pages of Works Cited, including digital resources. Just one of these three sections would be worth the price of the book for anyone interested in the teaching and preservation of Latin culture over the longue durée. There is, as far as I know, no comparable work.

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