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The Politics and Poetics of Cicero's Brutus: The Invention of Literary History Van den Berg, Christopher S. (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
The Politics and Poetics of Cicero's Brutus: The Invention of Literary History
Van den Berg, Christopher S. (Amherst College, Massachusetts)
Cicero's Brutus (46 BCE), a magisterial dialogue on Rome's oratorical and political history, was written amidst Julius Caesar's rise to power. This book examines how Cicero, in responding to the civic crisis and contemporary intellectual developments, ultimately created the first complex account of literary history in the European tradition.
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| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 16, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9781108495950 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 306 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 159 × 25 mm · 582 g |
| Language | English |