Writing Ancient History
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Book Overview
How do ancient historians pursue their craft? From the evidence of coins, pottery shards, remains of buildings, works of art, and, above all, literary texts--all of which have survived more or less accidentally from antiquity--they fashion works of history. But how exactly do they go about reconstructing and representing the past? How should history be written? These and related questions are the subject of Neville Morley's engaging introduction...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801486335
ISBN13:9780801486333
Release Date:July 1999
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.3" x 8.5"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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Dusting The Historian's Bookshelf
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Though the title might be a bit misleading its message is certainly not: History (especially ancient history) Must Change or Die! Prof. Morley gives in this little volume a terse argument of how "Professional" Historians with their boring colorless prose and assertion that only they know what they are doing shouldn't hold the monopoly in the search for facts and their interpratation. A probing and entertaining analysis of the current state of Historiography.
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