The Art of Caesar's Bellum Civile. Literature, Ideology, and Community. - GRILLO, L.,
Literature, Ideology, and Community
KORTE INHOUD
'As Grillo states in his introduction, 'two artificial divisions (...) have hindered the understanding of the Bellum Civile (...) one division separated Caesar the writer from the orator, intellectual, politician and general, and the other separated the work?s style and content' (p.10). The Art of Caesar?s 'Bellum Civile' - a pallid if accurate title - seeks to reconnect the severed parts, working to situate Caesar in the intellectual stew of his times. Along the way, Grillo uses a variety of approaches including, among others, a careful analysis of word choice and meaning, narrative structure, prose rhythm, and focalization to reveal how Caesar persuades. 'The Bellum Civile' is a special work in which 'the cooperation between the narrator and the general creates multiple possibilities for magnifying the authority of the former and the mastery of the latter' (p.9). The rhetorical methods by which Caesar achieves this, however, have only recently drawn greater scrutiny as the implications of the highly self-aw...
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2015Uitgever: Cambridge University Press234 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1107470676ISBN-13: 9781107470675Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge, 2015. 1st paperback ed. 221p. Paperback. [New] [Auteur: GRILLO, L.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2015] [Titel: The Art of Caesar's Bellum Civile. Literature, Ideology, and Community.]
