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This review is from: Tacitus Reviewed (Hardcover)
This collection of previously published essays from Woodman is important not only for the study of classical historiography, but for anyone interested in how we know what happened in the past. Some of the essays are technical and concerned mainly with issues of Latin grammar and detailed parsing of specific passages, but through these Woodman always delivers an important and often surprising insight into historical issues. Many of the essays are very accessible to the lay-reader, and any history buff will particularly enjoy the reprint of Woodman's inaugural lecture as Professor of Latin, in which he touches upon Hitler's rise to power, a John F. Kennedy vignette, and classical history. Many of the themes in this book are related to Woodman's __Rhetoric in Classical Historiography__, and in both works he addresses a question which everyone should consider: what sort of truth do historians aim at, and when can you know that their report may or may not be the same sort of truth that you have come to expect? Make no mistake: this is a scholarly work. But I would recommend it for anyone interested in history or Latin literature.
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Tacitus Reviewed by A. J. Woodman (Hardcover - December 31, 1998)
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