The Art of Veiled Speech (Ebook) von Han Baltussen

The Art of Veiled Speech offers new insights into the historical origins of self-censorship used to temper controversial views, revealing that the human voice cannot easily be silenced.

Chapter 1. Parrhêsia, Free Speech, and Self-Censorship
—Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis
Chapter 2. Self-Censorship in Ancient Greek Comedy
—Andrew Hartwig
Chapter 3. Parrhêsia and Censorship in the Polis and the Symposium: An Exploration of Hyperides Against Philippides 3
—Lara O'Sullivan
Chapter 4. A Bark Worse Than His Bite? Diogenes the Cynic and the Politics of Tolerance in Athens
—Han Baltussen
Chapter 5. Censorship for the Roman Stage?
—Gesine Manuwald
Chapter 6. The Poet as Prince: Author and Authority Under Augustus
—Ioannis Ziogas
Chapter 7. "Quae quis fugit damnat": Outspoken Silence in Seneca's Epistles
—Marcus Wilson
Chapter 8. Argo's Flavian Politics: The Workings of Power in Valerius Flaccus
—Peter J. Davis
Chapter 9. Compulsory Freedom: Literature in Trajan's Rome
—John Penwill
Chapter 10. Christian Correspondences: The Secrets of Letter-Writers and Letter-Bearers
—Pauline Allen
Chapter 11. "Silence Is Also Annulment": Veiled and Unveiled Speech in Seventh-Century Martyr Commemorations
—Bronwen Neil
Chapter 12. "Dixit quod nunquam vidit hereticos": Dissimulation and Self-Censorship in Thirteenth-Century Inquisitorial Testimonies
—Megan Cassidy-Welch
Chapter 13. Inquisition, Art, and Self-Censorship in the Early Modern Spanish Church, 1563-1834
—François Soyer
Chapter 14. Thomas Hobbes and the Problem of Self-Censorship
—Jonathan Parkin
Epilogue
—Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis

Notes
Index
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments