The Ideology of Classicism: Language, History, and Identity in Dionysius of Halicarnassus

by Nicolas Wiater

So far, the critical writings of Dionysius of Halicarnassus have mainly attracted interest from historians of ancient linguistics. The Ideology of Classicism proposes a novel approach to Dionysius' oeuvre as a whole by providing the first systematic study of Greek classicism from the perspective of cultural identity. Drawing on cultural anthropology and Social Identity Theory, Wiater explores the world-view bound up with classicist criticism. Only...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110256584
• ISBN13: 9783110256581
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary