Writing Ancient History
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Produktbeskrivning
'History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon', said Napoleon. Yet the actual writing of history, especially ancient history, is a practice that often prompts more discord than assent. In his new textbook, Luke Pitcher aims to overcome the hostility which exists between two rival camps in their study of classical historiography. The first camp looks at the classical historians with an eye to what data they can provide about the ancient world. The second camp examines the ancient writers as literary texts in their own right, employing the tools of literary criticism and engaging with such matters as narrative artistry.Attempting to fuse these two - mutually suspicious - approaches, Luke Pitcher's attractive introduction offers undergraduate students of classics the first comprehensive introduction to historiography in antiquity on the market. It unites the nitty-gritty of the historian's trade (the finding and managing of data) to an awareness of the importance of style, form, allusion and composition. The book also seeks to do justice to individual classical historians, and discusses such important figures as Livy, Tacitus, Herodotus, Cicero, Plutarch and Lucian. A comprehensive bibliography and glossary are included. "Writing Ancient History" at last does full justice to the mechanics of history-writing in the ancient world.
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Språkversion | Engelska |
Bokomslagstyp | Inbunden |
Antal sidor | 288 sidor |
Föreslagen målgrupp | Alla |
Skrivet av | Luke Pitcher (Author) |
Utgivare | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Släpp datum | 30/01/2010 |
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) | 9781845119577 |
Vikt & dimension | |
Bredd | 216 mm |
Höjd | 138 mm |
Writing Ancient History
1 628 kr
1 628 kr
Slutsåld
Fre, 7 mar - ons, 12 mar
Säker betalning
14-dagars öppet köp
Säljs och levereras av
Adlibris