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- The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
- About the Author: Raphael Schwitter, Dr. habil.
- 576 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Ancient & Classical
- Series Name: Mnemosyne, Supplements
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About the Book
This volume provides a critical account of Roman antiquarianism from its beginnings in the late 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD, reconstructing its textual manifestations and analysing the complex mechanisms of its transmission.
Book Synopsis
The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Die vorliegende Monographie entwirft eine literaturgeschichtliche Gesamtdarstellung des römischen Antiquarianismus vom 2. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Ausgangspunkt ist die begrifflich-konzeptuelle Neuprofilierung des Phänomens. Dieses wird als ein epistemologisches Modell gegenwartsbezogener Vergangenheitsanalyse aufgefasst, die mit den Denkfiguren der Etymologie, Aitiologie und Genealogie operiert, um die hinter der erfahrbaren Lebenswelt liegenden Kausalitäten freizulegen. Anhand der überlieferten Fragmente und Testimonien wird die Entwicklung der heute verlorenen antiquarischen Fachliteratur Roms in ihren unterschiedlichen medialen Formaten, Darstellungsformen und Wirkungskontexten nachgezeichnet.
This volume provides an account of Roman antiquarianism from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD, reconstructing its textual manifestations and analysing the mechanisms of transmission. It is based on a new conceptualisation of antiquarianism as an epistemological mode of understanding the present by uncovering its origins in the past. Etymology, aitiology and genealogy were the tools used to explore the causalities that underpin the perceptible world. Antiquarianism, represented by a wide range of texts and genres throughout antiquity, is traced as an autonomous branch of literature. Fragments and testimonies are used to identify a lost corpus of treatises, lexica and handbooks that formed the scholarly basis of Augustan poets, historiographers and imperial litterateurs.
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"Insgesamt ist Antiquarianismus in Rom ein Werk von großem Umfang, das durch die Fülle des Quellenmaterials und die theoretischen Anregungen überzeugt. Der innovative Beitrag liegt in der theoretischen Reprofilierung des römischen Antiquarianismus als eigenständigem epistemologischen Modell. Anstatt abschließende Antworten zu geben, wirft das Werk Fragen auf, die zukünftige Forschungen produktiv anregen dürften."
Nicoletta Bruno in BMCR 2025.09.16
About the Author
Raphael Schwitter, Dr. habil. (2022), lehrt Klassische Philologie an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in der lateinischen Literatur der späten Republik und der Spätantike unter besonderer Berücksichtigung kulturwissenschaftlicher Fragestellungen.
Raphael Schwitter, Dr. habil. (2022), teaches Classics at the University of Bonn. He is the author of two monographs and has published widely in the fields of Roman and late Roman literature, classics reception studies, and Neo-Latin literature.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.4 Inches (H) x 6.2 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.2 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 576
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: Ancient & Classical
Series Title: Mnemosyne, Supplements
Publisher: Brill
Format: Hardcover
Author: Raphael Schwitter
Language: German
Street Date: October 4, 2024
TCIN: 1007042961
UPC: 9789004705876
Item Number (DPCI): 247-35-3771
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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