Arminius the Liberator: Myth and Ideology

ISBN-13: 9780190252915 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 382 str.

Martin M. Winkler

Opis

Arminius the Liberator deals with the complex modern reception of Arminius the Cheruscan, commonly called Hermann. Arminius inflicted one of their most devastating defeats on the Romans in the year 9 A.D. by annihilating three legions under the command of Quintilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, as it is generally if inaccurately called. This book traces the origin of the Arminius myth in antiquity and its political, artistic, and popular developments since the nineteenth century. The book's central themes are the nationalist use and abuse of history and historical myth in Germany, especially during the Weimar Republic and National Socialism, the reactions to a discredited ideology involving Arminius in post-war Europe, and revivals of his myth in the United States. Special emphasis is on the representation of Arminius in visual media since the 1960s: from painting and theater to cinema, television, and computer animation.

Recenzje

the book will be a useful contribution to classical reception literature, but also to the history of ideas and the social history of propaganda, of which it is a study in its own right.

O autorze

Martin M. Winkler is University Professor and Professor of Classics at George Mason University. He is the author or editor of several books and has published many articles on Roman literature, the classical tradition, and especially classics and cinema.