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A clear introduction to Caesar as a man of letters and a fresh re-assessment of his literary achievements.
List of contents
Introduction: Caesarian questions: then, now, hence Luca Grillo and Christopher B. Krebs; Part I. Literature and Politics: 1. Caesar, literature and politics at the end of the Republic Kurt Raaflaub; 2. The Commentarii in their propagandistic context Christopher B. Krebs; 3. Caesar constructing Caesar William Batstone; 4. Priesthoods, gods and stars Jörg Rüpke; 5. The politics of geography Andrew M. Riggsby; 6. Nostri and 'the other(s)' Andrew C. Johnston; Part II. Genre, Rhetoric, Language and Style: 7. Genres and generic contaminations in the Commentarii Debra L. Nousek; 8. Caesar's style Christopher B. Krebs; 9. Speeches in the Commentarii Luca Grillo; 10. Wit and irony Anthony Corbeill; 11. Literary approaches to Caesar Luca Grillo; Part III. Fragmentary Works: 12. Caesar the linguist: the debate about the Latin language Giuseppe Pezzini; 13. Caesar's orations Henriette van der Blom; 14. Caesar's poetry in its context Sergio Casali; 15. Anticato Anthony Corbeill; 16. The letters of Caesar Ruth Morello; Part IV. Sources and Nachleben: 17. Caesar and Greek historians Luke Pitcher; 18. Caesar and Roman historiography prior to the Commentarii Martine Chassignet; 19. The Corpus Caesarianum Jan Felix Gaertner; 20. Caesar in Livy and Tacitus Christine S. Kraus; 21. Caesar, Virgil and Lucan Timothy A. Joseph; 22. Narrating the Gallic and Civil Wars with and beyond Caesar James Thorne; 23. Writing war with Caesar: the Commentarii's afterlife in military memoirs Hester Schadee.
About the author
Luca Grillo is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of The Art of Caesar's Bellum Civile (Cambridge, 2012), a commentary on Cicero's De Provinciis Consularibus (2015), and various journal articles on the Gallic and Civil wars and on other authors, especially Virgil and Cicero.Christopher B. Krebs is an Associate Professor of Classics and (by courtesy) German Studies at Stanford University, California. The recipient of the 2012 Christian Gauss Award, his publications include Negotiatio Germaniae (2005), A Most Dangerous Book (2012), and Time and Narrative in Ancient Historiography (edited with Jonas Grethlein, Cambridge, 2013). Future projects include an intellectual biography of Julius Caesar and a commentary on Caesar, Bellum Gallicum 7.
Summary
Well-known as a brilliant general and politician, Caesar also played a fundamental role in the formation of the Latin literary language and history of Latin Literature. This volume provides both a clear introduction to Caesar as a man of letters and a fresh re-assessment of his literary achievements.
