Stop publishing, you fools!

[quislibet]

Since I began writing the "previous relevant scholarship" section of my prospectus, which is wicked long and is my prime target for cutting, a whole bunch of stuff has appeared.

In September alone appeared:

- H. Temporini - Gräfin Vitzthum, ed., Die Kaiserinnen Roms. Von Livia bis Theodora, München: C.H. Beck Verlag, 2002.
- A. Barrett, Livia. First Lady of Imperial Rome, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
- L. McClure, ed., Sexuality and Gender in the Classical World. Readings and Sources, Series: Interpreting Ancient History, Oxford and Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2002.
- F. Santoro L'hoir, "Unfriendly Persuasion: Seduction and Magic in Tacitus' Annales," in: Ancient Journeys: A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Numa Lane, published online by the Stoa Consortium (http://www.stoa.org)/.

There should be a moratorium on new scholarship relevant to my topic until I'm done, dammit. So far (knock on wood) nothing to make it pointless to proceed, but stll lots of stuff I have to look at.

At least wait until I've finished with the prospectus so I don't have to add things while I'm trying to cut the text back.

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As you can see, my editing is proceeding slowly today.

Comments

[rojagato.livejournal.com]

A. Barrett, Livia. First Lady of Imperial Rome, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.

Is this Livia as in Claudius's mother? (I'm afraid my knowledge of the classics is pretty limited to Graves).

Can you pretty much discard anything new that doesn't bring up new primary sources?

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

Can you pretty much discard anything new that doesn't bring up new primary sources?

Alas, there is scarcely such a thing in classical studies as a "new primary source."

I'm not sure these works will contain very much that is new interpretation, but I still have to look at them to find out...

Yeah, that Livia, although she was *Tiberius's* mom (and Claudius's grandma).