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

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

Krebs, Christopher B.

Paperback

Literary CriticismGerman History

ISBN10: 0393342921
ISBN13: 9780393342925
Publisher: W W Norton & Co
Published: Aug 27 2012
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
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.

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