{"product_id":"after-the-past-9781119076704","title":"After the Past","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides a unique and accessible understanding of Sallust and his influence on writing the history of Rome\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGaius Sallustius Crispus (''Sallust'', 86-35 BCE) is the earliest Roman historian from whom any works survive. His two extant writings chronicle crucial moments of a political, social, and ethical revolution with profound consequences for his own life and those of his audience. \u003ci\u003eAfter the Past: Sallust on History and Writing History\u003c\/i\u003e examines what it meant to write the history of contentious eventsCatiline's famous rebellion in 63 BCE and the war waged against the North African king Jugurtha fifty years earlierwhile their effects were still so vividly felt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne of the first book-length treatments of Sallust in over fifty years, the text offers a comprehensive reading of Sallust's works using the tools of narratology and intertextual analysis to reveal the changing functions of historiography at the end of the Roman Republic. Author Andrew Feldherr's co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Lives and Times 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Words and Deeds 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Pity and Envy: The Emotions in Sallustian Historiography 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Tragic Jugurtha: Numidia, New Media, New Medeas 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Lines in the Sand: The Representation of Space in the Jugurtha 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Brevitatis Artifex: Sallust as Text 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Passages 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 309\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406979932503,"sku":"9781119076704","price":39.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119076704.jpg?v=1730497772","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/after-the-past-9781119076704","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}