Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity, 31 (Hardback or Cased Book)

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Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
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University of California Press
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TC
EAN
9780520223882
ISBN
0520223888
Book Title
Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity, 3
Manufacturer
University of California Press
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520223888
ISBN-13
9780520223882
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1739296

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
300 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity
Publication Year
2000
Subject
Ancient / General, General, Ancient & Classical
Type
Textbook
Author
Philip Rousseau
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History
Series
Transformation of the Classical Heritage Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
00-028710
Dewey Edition
21
Series Volume Number
31
Dewey Decimal
888/.010809
Synopsis
The two centuries between a.d. 250 and a.d. 450 witnessed the creation of a distinctive Christian Greek culture in the eastern part of the Roman empire. This book focuses on the transition from ancient to Christian Hellenism as it was expressed in the biographical and panegyric literature of the period. The essays show how literary genres focusing on individual lives help to reveal this historical process. The contributors are leading scholars who bring several disciplines to bear on these texts: they are historians, theologians, classicists, and historians of religion. Together, the collection presents much new research and helps show Late Antiquity not only as an important transitional period but also as an era with an identity of its own. Among the figures the biographical texts bring to life are Antony the Great, the charismatic desert father, and Basil of Caesarea, the influential church politician. Collectively the essays go beyond discussion of particular texts to consider such general topics as strategies of rhetoric and representation, the place of classical Greek culture in both pagan and Christian education, and what is meant by philosophy as a way of life. Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquity will send readers back to many Late Antique texts with an enhanced appreciation of how these highly idiosyncratic works exhibit in concentrated form some of the most characteristic and widespread values, tensions, and literary strategies of their age., The two centuries between a.d. 250 and a.d. 450 witnessed the creation of a distinctive Christian Greek culture in the eastern part of the Roman empire. This book focuses on the transition from ancient to Christian Hellenism as it was expressed in the biographical and panegyric literature of the period. The essays show how literary genres focusing on individual lives help to reveal this historical process. The contributors are leading scholars who bring several disciplines to bear on these texts: they are historians, theologians, classicists, and historians of religion. Together, the collection presents much new research and helps show Late Antiquity not only as an important transitional period but also as an era with an identity of its own. Among the figures the biographical texts bring to life are Antony the Great, the charismatic desert father, and Basil of Caesarea, the influential church politician. Collectively the essays go beyond discussion of particular texts to consider such general topics as strategies of rhetoric and representation, the place of classical Greek culture in both pagan and Christian education, and what is meant by philosophy as a way of life. Greek Biography and Panegyric in Late Antiquitywill send readers back to many Late Antique texts with an enhanced appreciation of how these highly idiosyncratic works exhibit in concentrated form some of the most characteristic and widespread values, tensions, and literary strategies of their age.
LC Classification Number
PA3043.G74 2000

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