The Cambridge Companion to the Writings of Julius Caesar (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Cambridge University Press, 12/28/2017
EAN 9781107670495, ISBN10: 1107670497

Paperback, 418 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Language: English

Well-known as a brilliant general and politician, Julius Caesar also played a fundamental role in the formation of the Latin literary language and remains a central figure in the history of Latin literature. With twenty-three chapters written by renowned scholars, this Companion provides an accessible introduction to Caesar as an intellectual along with a scholarly assessment of his multiple literary accomplishments and new insights into their literary value. The Commentarii and Caesar's lost works are presented in their historical and literary context. The various chapters explore their main features, the connection between literature, state religion and politics, Caesar's debt to previous Greek and Latin authors, and his legacy within and outside of Latin literature. The innovative volume will be of great value to all students and scholars of Latin literature and to those seeking a more rounded portrait of the achievements of Julius Caesar.

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.