The art of veiled speech : self-censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes / edited by Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baltussen, Han, editor, author.

Davis, Peter J., editor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical literature--History and criticism.

Classical literature.

Politics and literature--History.

Politics and literature.

Freedom of speech in literature--History.

Freedom of speech in literature.

Freedom of speech--History.

Freedom of speech.

Censorship--History.

Censorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout Western history, there have been those who felt compelled to share a dissenting opinion on public matters, while still hoping to avoid the social, political, and even criminal consequences for exercising free speech. In this collection of fourteen original essays, editors Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis trace the roots of censorship far beyond its supposed origins in early modern history.Beginning with the ancient Greek concept of parrhêsia, and its Roman equivalent libertas, the contributors to The Art of Veiled Speech examine lesser-known texts from historical periods, some famous for setting the benchmark for free speech, such as fifth-century Athens and republican Rome, and others for censorship, such as early imperial and late antique Rome. Medieval attempts to suppress heresy, the Spanish Inquisition, and the writings of Thomas Hobbes during the Reformation are among the examples chosen to illustrate an explicit link of cultural censorship across time, casting new light on a range of issues: Which circumstances and limits on free speech were in play? What did it mean for someone to "speak up" or "speak truth to authority"?Drawing on poetry, history, drama, and moral and political philosophy the volume demonstrates the many ways that writers over the last 2500 years have used wordplay, innuendo, and other forms of veiled speech to conceal their subversive views, anticipating censorship and making efforts to get around it. The Art of Veiled Speech offers new insights into the ingenious methods of self-censorship to express controversial views, revealing that the human voice cannot be easily silenced.Contributors: Pauline Allen, Han Baltussen, Megan Cassidy-Welch, Peter J. Davis, Andrew Hartwig, Gesine Manuwald, Bronwen Neil, Lara O'Sullivan, Jon Parkin, John Penwill, François Soyer, Marcus Wilson, Ioannis Ziogas.

Contents:

Parrhêsia, free speech, and self-censorship / Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis

Self-censorship in Ancient Greek comedy / Andrew Hartwig Chapter

Parrhêsia and censorship in the polis and the symposium : an exploration of Hyperides Against Philippides 3 / Lara O'Sullivan

A bark worse than his bite? Diogenes the cynic and the politics of tolerance in Athens / Han Baltussen

Censorship for the Roman stage? / Gesine Manuwald

The poet as prince : author and authority under Augustus / Ioannis Ziogas

"Quae quis fugit damnat" : outspoken silence in Seneca's epistles / Marcus Wilson

Argo's Flavian politics : the workings of Power in Valerius Flaccus / Peter J. Davis

Compulsory freedom : literature in Trajan's Rome / John Penwill

Christian correspondences : the secrets of letter-writers and letter-bearers / Pauline Allen

"Silence Is also annulment" : veiled and unveiled speech in seventh-century martyr commemorations / Bronwen Neil

"Dixit quod nunquam vidit hereticos" : dissimulation and self-censorship in thirteenth-century Inquisitorial testimonies / Megan Cassidy-Welch

Inquisition, art, and self-censorship in the early modern Spanish church, 1563-1834 / François Soyer

Thomas Hobbes and the problem of self-censorship / Jonathan Parkin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780812291636

0812291638

OCLC:

914434951