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Author:   Dr James McNamara (University of Potsdam, Germany) ,  Professor Victoria Emma Pagán (University of Florida, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.585kg
ISBN:  

9781350241725

ISBN 10:   1350241725
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   10 February 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction (James McNamara, University of Potsdam, Germany and Victoria Emma Pagán, University of Florida, USA) Part 1: Tacitus and Paradoxography 1. Tacitus and Paradoxography (Kelly Shannon-Henderson, University of Alabama, USA) 2. Beyond Ira and Studium: Tacitus and the Hellenistic Anxiety about Wonder (Rik Peters, University of Chicago, USA) 3. Wonderment in Aper’s Second Speech in Tacitus’ Dialogus de Oratoribus (Art Pomeroy, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand ) 4. Laus eloquentiae and fama rerum: The paradox of the socially marvellous in Tacitus’ Dialogus and Agricola (Brandon Jones, Boston University, USA) Part 2: Interpreting Wonders 5. Marvellous Predictions: Wonders as Metahistory in Annals 6 (George Baroud, Emerson College, USA) 6. Prodigiosum Dictu: Interpreting Signs and Oracles in Tacitus’ Histories (Callum Aldiss, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) 7. Interpreting wonders in the Agricola and Germania (James McNamara, University of Potsdam, Germany) Part 3: The Principate as Object of Wonder 8. qualem diem Tiberius induisset: Tiberius’ Absences on Capri as an Inspiration for onder and Uncertainty (Panayiotis Christoforou, University of Oxford, UK) 9. Tacitus’ Tragic Touch: Vespasian’ Healing Miracles at Histories 4.81-3 (Holly Haynes, The College of New Jersey, USA) 10. Tacitus’ Ordinary Wonders (Victoria Emma Pagán, University of Florida, USA) Index

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A fascinating exploration of the discourse of wonder, which addresses significant issues about ancient historiography and ancient concepts of knowledge. By challenging views of Tacitus which co-opt him to a modern standard of historiography, this book uncovers the diverse perspectives from which the world is understood in the Tacitean texts. -- Ellen O'Gorman, Senior Lecturer in Classics and Director of the Institute for Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition, University of Bristol, UK

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James McNamara is a DAAD-Prime Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Potsdam, Germany. Victoria Emma Pagán is Professor of Classics at the University of Florida, USA.

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