The Comic History of Rome - Softcover

Gilbert Abbott A. Beckett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865163332 ISBN 13: 9780865163331

Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

In creating The Comic History of Rome, Gilbert Beckett was, in his own words 'prompted by a very serious desire to instruct those who, though willing to acquire information, seek to do so with as much amusement as possible.' Underlying his humorous presentation is an earnest desire to 'expose falsehood, and to bring into merited contempt all that has been injudiciously, ignorantly, or dishonestly held up to general admiration.' Beckett portrays prominent characters and events of Roman history and legend from the founding by Romulus and Remus to the death of the republic in this superbly executed example of the time-honored tradition of political satire. Includes: 10 steel engravings, 98 wood engravings.

From the Publisher
Political parody is nearly as old as the written word; in modern times it has become a career choice. Beckett's work is a superb sample of the art form. The Comic History of Rome features - A hilarious, thoroughly memorable account of Roman History - 10 steel engravings + 98 wood engravings

From the Author
From the Preface: 'This work has been prompted by a very serious desire to instruct those who, though willing to acquire information, seek in doing so as much amusement as possible. . . . The writer of this book is animated by an earnest wish to aid, as far as he is able, in the project of combining instruction and amusement; and he trusts he shall not be blamed for endeavoring to render such ability as he possesses available for as much as it is worth, in applying it to subjects of useful information.'

From the Back Cover
This discoludent, edutainmental, and discodelectamental book is VOLUPTRINOUS (Roberto Haab), SPOUDAIOGELOIOS (Richard A. LaFleur), DISLECTAMENTAL (Francisco Loaiza), and SALSISTORIOUS (Thomas Winter). The Comic History of Rome is also, according to Eva Jaksch, hilaromathic, hedomathic, euthymodidactic, and hilarodidactic.

Also available:

Personae Comicae - ISBN 0865160317
Once Upon the Tiber - ISBN 0865166684

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About this title

From the Back Cover

This discoludent, edutainmental, and discodelectamental book is VOLUPTRINOUS (Roberto Haab), SPOUDAIOGELOIOS (Richard A. LaFleur), DISLECTAMENTAL (Francisco Loaiza), and SALSISTORIOUS (Thomas Winter). The Comic History of Rome is also, according to Eva Jaksch, hilaromathic, hedomathic, euthymodidactic, and hilarodidactic.

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"Romulus is said to have reigned for seven-and-thirty years; but when we enquire into the exact time and manner of his death we learn nothing, beyond the fact that nobody knows what became of him. According to the statement of one set of authorities, he was attending a review in the Palus Caprae - a marsh near the Tiber - when a total eclipse of the sun took place, and on the return of light, Romulus was nowhere visible. If this was really the case, it is probable that he got into a perilous swamp, where he felt a rapid sinking; and all his attendants being in the dark as to his situation were unable to extricate him from the marsh in which, according to some authorities, he went down to posterity. It must, however, be confessed, that when we look for the cause of the death of Romulus in this fatal swamp, we have but very poor ground to go upon. It is, nevertheless, some consolation to us for the mystery that overhangs the place and manner of his decease, that his existence is, after all, quite apocryphal; and we are not expected to go into an elaborate inquiry when, where, and how he died, until the fact of his having ever lived at all has been satisfactorily settled." (p. 12).

Edition details

• Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865163332
• ISBN 13: 9780865163331
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: John Leech
• Number of pages: 308