Fame and Infamy: Essays for Christopher Pelling on Characterization in Greek and Roman Biography and Historiography

By: Ash, Rhiannon

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Over recent decades, the debate about how individuals are portrayed in prose-texts of Greek and Roman historiography and biography has evolved in increasingly nuanced ways. The sorts of questions which now tend to be raised concerning such prose-texts brings them closely into line with the more subtle analysis usually reserved for poetry. Moreover, the engagement with literary strategies at work in historiography and biography has a fundamental impact...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199662320

ISBN13:9780199662326

Release Date:August 2015

Publisher:Oxford University Press (UK)

Length:446 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 5.5" x 8.7"

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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Fame and Infamy: Essays for Christopher Pelling on Characterization in Greek and Roman Biography and Historiography

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