The Limits of Ancient Biography

B. McGing

ISBN 10: 1905125127 / ISBN 13: 9781905125128

Verlag: Classical Press Of Wales Dez 2006, 2006

Neuware - The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and deserves intensive study, bearing as it does on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history. The papers range from the Old Testament to the Arab world, from the New Testament to the Lives of Saints, from the classic Greek and Roman biographers to less well known practitioners of the art. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781905125128

Inhaltsangabe:

The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and bears on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Judith Mossman is Professor Emerita at Coventry University. She specialises in Greek literature of the fifth century BC and the second/third century AD and is the author of two books and multiple edited volumes and articles on Euripides and Plutarch. She is currently Professor Emerita of Classics at Coventry University.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Limits of Ancient Biography
Verlag: Classical Press Of Wales Dez 2006
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Buch
Zustand: Neu