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A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich

A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich

Christopher B. Krebs

9780393342925

Norton


Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; History of ideas

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304 pages

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When the Roman historian Tacitus wrote the Germania, a none-too-flattering little book about the ancient Germans, he could not have foreseen that centuries later the Nazis would extol it as a bible and vow to resurrect Germany on its grounds. But the Germania inspired and polarized readers long before the rise of the Third Reich. In this elegant and captivating history, Christopher B. Krebs, a professor of classics at Harvard University, traces the wide-ranging influence of the Germania, revealing how an ancient text rose to take its place among the most dangerous books in the world.

By:   Christopher B. Krebs
Imprint:   Norton
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 19mm,  Width: 209mm,  Spine: 138mm
Weight:   244g
ISBN:  

9780393342925


ISBN 10:   0393342921
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   October 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock at Abbey's Bookshop
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...a fascinating perspective... THE ...the research is deep and the material impressively controlled and narrated. Krebs writes with panache, a vocabulary which puts many native speakers of English to shame... Christopher Whitton, Times Literary Supplement Krebs tells this dramatic detective story...very deftly. London Review of Books ...delicious study... Ferdinand Mount, TLS Books of the Year 2011 ...a most informative book and a most entertaining one. Minerva

A dramatic detective story.

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