| The Peloponnesian War: A Norton Critical Edition Contributor(s): Thucydides (Author), Blanco, Walter (Editor), Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393971678 ISBN-13: 9780393971675 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $29.93 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: The text is that of the new and spirited translation by Walter Blanco. Jennifer Tolbert Roberts's introduction and annotations provide vital background information. Backgrounds and Contexts provides supplementary selections from Xenophon, Herodotus, Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and the twentieth-century journalist, Walter Karp. Interpretations includes richly varied assessments of Thucydides. The contributors include Theodor Gomperz, Francis M. Cornford, Charles H. Chochrane, R. G. Collingwood, Albert Cook, Cynthia Farrar, Adam Parry, Glen Bowersock, Robert Gilpin, Michael Doyle, and Gregory Crane. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 938.05 |
| LCCN: 97-30006 |
| Series: Norton Critical Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.46" W x 9.38" (1.14 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thucydides' military and diplomatic acumen, his understanding of human psychology, and his narrative skill have shaped the writing of history for over two thousand years. Backgrounds and Contexts provides supplementary selections from Xenophon, Herodotus, Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and twentieth-century journalist, Walter Karp. Interpretations includes richly varied assessments of Thucydides by Theodor Gomperz, Francis M. Cornford, Charles N. Chochrane, R. G. Collingwood, Albert Cook, Cynthia Farrar, Adam Parry, Glen Bowersock, Robert Gilpin, Michael Doyle, and Gregory Crane. The edition also includes fourteen maps, a chronology, a glossary, a selected bibliography, and an index. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roberts, Jennifer Tolbert: - Jennifer Tolbert Roberts is Professor of Classics and History at the City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. Her books include Accountability in Athenian Government and Athens on Trial: The Antidemocratic Tradition in Western Thought.Blanco, Walter: - Walter Blanco is Associate Professor of English at the City University of New York. |