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  1. Beyond Greek
    the beginnings of Latin literature
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    We take the existence of a literature in the Latin language for granted, but the emergence of this literature is a very strange moment in history. Latin literature should probably not have come into being in the form it took. This book explores the opening phase of Latin literature, from 240 to 140 BCE. The period begins with the first stage productions of Greek plays translated into Latin, which were also the first translations of Greek literary texts into any other language; it closes with the Romans in possession of a large-scale literature in Latin based on the literature of the Greeks, together with a developed historical tradition about their past and a mythology that connected them to the inheritance of the Greeks. The book uses a range of comparative evidence from both the ancient and the modern worlds in order to provide a context for understanding what the Romans did. The book recovers a great range of possibilities for cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean, with languages and texts sometimes interchanging quite freely and sometimes being blocked. The book argues that the Roman translation project and the resulting literature were highly anomalous in an ancient context: translation of literature was extremely rare in the world known to the Romans, and the ancient Mediterranean hosted many very successful cultures that had no kind of equivalent to the widely diffused text-based literary systems of the Greeks. The transformation of the Romans' Italian alliance into a Mediterranean imperial power provides the context for the revolution in their cultural life that led to what we call "Latin literature."
  2. Beyond Greek
    the beginnings of Latin literature
    Autor*in: Feeney, Denis
    Erschienen: 2016
    Verlag:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England

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    We take the existence of a literature in the Latin language for granted, but the emergence of this literature is a very strange moment in history. Latin literature should probably not have come into being in the form it took. This book explores the opening phase of Latin literature, from 240 to 140 BCE. The period begins with the first stage productions of Greek plays translated into Latin, which were also the first translations of Greek literary texts into any other language; it closes with the Romans in possession of a large-scale literature in Latin based on the literature of the Greeks, together with a developed historical tradition about their past and a mythology that connected them to the inheritance of the Greeks. The book uses a range of comparative evidence from both the ancient and the modern worlds in order to provide a context for understanding what the Romans did. The book recovers a great range of possibilities for cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean, with languages and texts sometimes interchanging quite freely and sometimes being blocked. The book argues that the Roman translation project and the resulting literature were highly anomalous in an ancient context: translation of literature was extremely rare in the world known to the Romans, and the ancient Mediterranean hosted many very successful cultures that had no kind of equivalent to the widely diffused text-based literary systems of the Greeks. The transformation of the Romans' Italian alliance into a Mediterranean imperial power provides the context for the revolution in their cultural life that led to what we call "Latin literature." ..

     
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  3. Beyond Greek
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    Autor*in: Feeney, Denis
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  4. Beyond Greek
    the beginnings of Latin literature
    Autor*in: Feeney, Denis
    Erschienen: 2016
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    We take the existence of a literature in the Latin language for granted, but the emergence of this literature is a very strange moment in history. Latin literature should probably not have come into being in the form it took. This book explores the opening phase of Latin literature, from 240 to 140 BCE. The period begins with the first stage productions of Greek plays translated into Latin, which were also the first translations of Greek literary texts into any other language; it closes with the Romans in possession of a large-scale literature in Latin based on the literature of the Greeks, together with a developed historical tradition about their past and a mythology that connected them to the inheritance of the Greeks. The book uses a range of comparative evidence from both the ancient and the modern worlds in order to provide a context for understanding what the Romans did. The book recovers a great range of possibilities for cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean, with languages and texts sometimes interchanging quite freely and sometimes being blocked. The book argues that the Roman translation project and the resulting literature were highly anomalous in an ancient context: translation of literature was extremely rare in the world known to the Romans, and the ancient Mediterranean hosted many very successful cultures that had no kind of equivalent to the widely diffused text-based literary systems of the Greeks. The transformation of the Romans' Italian alliance into a Mediterranean imperial power provides the context for the revolution in their cultural life that led to what we call "Latin literature." ..

     
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    Includes bibliographical references and indexes
  5. Beyond Greek
    the beginnings of Latin Literature
    Autor*in: Feeney, Denis
    Erschienen: 2016
    Verlag:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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    "We take the existence of a literature in the Latin language for granted, but the emergence of this literature is a very strange moment in history. Latin literature should probably not have come into being in the form it took. This book explores the opening phase of Latin literature, from 240 to 140 BCE. The period begins with the first stage productions of Greek plays translated into Latin, which were also the first translations of Greek literary texts into any other language; it closes with the Romans in possession of a large-scale literature in Latin based on the literature of the Greeks, together with a developed historical tradition about their past and a mythology that connected them to the inheritance of the Greeks. The book uses a range of comparative evidence from both the ancient and the modern worlds in order to provide a context for understanding what the Romans did. The book recovers a great range of possibilities for cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean, with languages and texts sometimes interchanging quite freely and sometimes being blocked. The book argues that the Roman translation project and the resulting literature were highly anomalous in an ancient context: translation of literature was extremely rare in the world known to the Romans, and the ancient Mediterranean hosted many very successful cultures that had no kind of equivalent to the widely diffused text-based literary systems of the Greeks. The transformation of the Romans' Italian alliance into a Mediterranean imperial power provides the context for the revolution in their cultural life that led to what we call "Latin literature."" -- We take the existence of a literature in the Latin language for granted, but the emergence of this literature is a very strange moment in history. Latin literature should probably not have come into being in the form it took. This book explores the opening phase of Latin literature, from 240 to 140 BCE. The period begins with the first stage productions of Greek plays translated into Latin, which were also the first translations of Greek literary texts into any other language; it closes with the Romans in possession of a large-scale literature in Latin based on the literature of the Greeks, together with a developed historical tradition about their past and a mythology that connected them to the inheritance of the Greeks. The book uses a range of comparative evidence from both the ancient and the modern worlds in order to provide a context for understanding what the Romans did. The book recovers a great range of possibilities for cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean, with languages and texts sometimes interchanging quite freely and sometimes being blocked. The book argues that the Roman translation project and the resulting literature were highly anomalous in an ancient context: translation of literature was extremely rare in the world known to the Romans, and the ancient Mediterranean hosted many very successful cultures that had no kind of equivalent to the widely diffused text-based literary systems of the Greeks. The transformation of the Romans' Italian alliance into a Mediterranean imperial power provides the context for the revolution in their cultural life that led to what we call "Latin literature." -- Translation I: Languages, scripts, texts -- Translation II: the Roman translation project -- Translation III: the Interface between Latin and Greek -- Middle grounds, zones of contact -- A stage for an imperial power -- A literature in the Latin language -- The impact and reach of the new literature -- Acts of comparison -- Conclusion: joining the network

     
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    Includes bibliographical references and indexes

    Translation I: Languages, scripts, textsTranslation II: the Roman translation project -- Translation III: the Interface between Latin and Greek -- Middle grounds, zones of contact -- A stage for an imperial power -- A literature in the Latin language -- The impact and reach of the new literature -- Acts of comparison -- Conclusion: joining the network.
  6. Beyond Greek
    The Beginnings of Latin Literature
    Autor*in: Feeney, Denis
    Erschienen: 2016
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    Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Contingency of Latin Literature -- Engaging with "Hellenization" -- Before and After 240 -- Chapter 1. Translation: Languages, Scripts, Texts -- The Strangeness of Translation -- The Case of Ptolemaic Alexandria -- Two Ptolemaic "Exceptions" -- The Variability of Translation into Greek -- Ranges of Possibilities -- Translating Is Not Interpreting -- What Does Not Get Translated -- Chapter 2. The Roman Translation Project -- Not the "Faithful Interpreter" -- The Bilingual Classroom

    The Originality of Translation -- Sameness and Difference -- Chapter 3. The Interface between Latin and Greek -- Inside the Intercultural Space -- L1 and L2 -- A Literary Language for Rome -- "UP" and "DOWN" -- A Bilingual Governing Élite -- Chapter 4. Middle Grounds, Zones of Contact -- Greek Drama, from Magna Graecia to Central Italy -- The New Ludi Scaenici of 364 -- On the Roman Stage, 364-241 -- A New Kind of Fidelity -- From Koinē to Imperium -- Accessing the Canon -- Chapter 5. A Stage for an Imperial Power -- The Sicilian Connection -- An International Festival

    Swimming with, and against, the Mainstream of Hellenism -- Acting Greek -- The Games of Anicius: A Road Not Taken? -- Spectacles in International Dialogue -- Chapter 6. A Literature in the Latin Language -- What Does It Mean to Speak of "Latin Literature"? -- Writing within the Frameworks of Hellenistic Literary Culture -- The Development of a Second-Order Institution of Criticism -- A Roman Literary Tradition -- Remakes, Sequels, and New Departures -- Beyond the Translation Project -- Chapter 7. The Impact and Reach of the New Literature -- Audiences -- New Horizons -- The New Professionals

    Texts in Circulation -- An Empire of Writing -- Chapter 8. Acts of Comparison -- Comparative Cases of Other Vernacular Literatures -- Across the Watershed -- Comparing Greek and Roman Song Cultures -- A Comparison Test-Case: Greek and Roman Songs for the Gods -- Elaboration of Cultic Song: A Carmen for Juno -- Inventing Vernacular Literatures -- Conclusion: Joining the Network -- Webs of History and Myth -- The New Systematization -- A Roman Dimension to the System -- Notes -- References -- Index
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    We take the existence of a literature in the Latin language for granted, but the emergence of this literature is a very strange moment in history. Latin literature should probably not have come into being in the form it took. This book explores the opening phase of Latin literature, from 240 to 140 BCE. The period begins with the first stage productions of Greek plays translated into Latin, which were also the first translations of Greek literary texts into any other language; it closes with the Romans in possession of a large-scale literature in Latin based on the literature of the Greeks, together with a developed historical tradition about their past and a mythology that connected them to the inheritance of the Greeks. The book uses a range of comparative evidence from both the ancient and the modern worlds in order to provide a context for understanding what the Romans did. The book recovers a great range of possibilities for cultural interaction in the ancient Mediterranean, with languages and texts sometimes interchanging quite freely and sometimes being blocked. The book argues that the Roman translation project and the resulting literature were highly anomalous in an ancient context: translation of literature was extremely rare in the world known to the Romans, and the ancient Mediterranean hosted many very successful cultures that had no kind of equivalent to the widely diffused text-based literary systems of the Greeks. The transformation of the Romans' Italian alliance into a Mediterranean imperial power provides the context for the revolution in their cultural life that led to what we call "Latin literature."