Classical Commentaries: Explorations in a Scholarly Genre [Hardcover]

This rich collection of essays by an international group of authors explores a wide range of commentaries on ancient Latin and Greek texts. It pays particular attention to individual commentaries, national traditions of commentary, the part played by commentaries in the reception of classical texts, and the role of printing and publishing.This rich collection of essays by an international group of scholars explores commentaries in many different languages on ancient Latin and Greek texts. The commentaries discussed range from the ancient world to the twentieth century. Together, the chapters contribute to the dialogue between two vibrant and developing fields of study: the history of scholarship and the history of the book. The volume pays particular attention to individual commentaries, national traditions of commentary, the part played by commentaries in the reception of classical texts, and the role of printing and publishing. The material form of commentaries is also considered--including how they are advertised and their accompanying illustrations--as well as their role in education. Both academic texts and books written for schools are surveyed.PrefaceList of FiguresList of Contributors1. Form and Content,Christina S. Kraus and Christopher StrayPart 1: Individuals: Commentaries and Modern Commentators2. Jebb's Sophocles,P. J. Finglass3. A Teutonic Monster in Oxford: The Making of Fraenkel's Agamemnon,Christopher Stray4. My Back Pages,Richard F. Thomas5. Two-author Commentaries on Horace: Three Case Studies,Stephen Harrison6. Dodd's Bacchae,S. P. OakleyPart 2: Traditions: Commentaries on Specific Authors and Texts7. Commentary Writing on the Annals of Tacitus: Different Approaches for Different Audiences,Salvador Bartera8. Commenting on Fragments: The Case of Early Roman Poetry,Jackie Elliott9. Between Scylla and Charybdis: Text and Conjecture in Greek Lyril£'