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

By: Ash, Rhiannon

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"