How to Grieve: An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) - Hardcover

Buch 22 von 46: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

 
9780691220321: How to Grieve: An Ancient Guide to the Lost Art of Consolation (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0691220328 ISBN 13: 9780691220321
Verlag: Princeton Univers. Press, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

An engaging new translation of a timeless masterpiece about coping with the death of a loved one

In 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from complications of childbirth. But from the depths of despair, Cicero fought his way back. In an effort to cope with his loss, he wrote a consolation speech-not for others, as had always been done, but for himself. And it worked. Cicero's Consolation was something new in literature, equal parts philosophy and motivational speech. Drawing on the full range of Greek philosophy and Roman history, Cicero convinced himself that death and loss are part of life, and that if others have survived them, we can, too; resilience, endurance, and fortitude are the way forward.

Lost in antiquity, Cicero's Consolation was recreated in the Renaissance from hints in Cicero's other writings and the Greek and Latin consolatory tradition. The resulting masterpiece-translated here for the first time in 250 years-is infused throughout with Cicero's thought and spirit.

Complete with the original Latin on facing pages and an inviting introduction, Michael Fontaine's engaging translation makes this searching exploration of grief available to readers once again.

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Michael Fontaine is professor of classics at Cornell University. His books include How to Tell a Joke: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Humor and How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing (both Princeton).

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Verlag
Princeton Univers. Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0691220328
ISBN 13 
9780691220321
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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