The Transformation of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

by David Womersley

David Womersley's book investigates Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire as both a work of literature and a work of history, examining its style and irony, tracing its classical and French sources, and highlighting the importance of its composition in three instalments over a period of twenty years. Dr Womersley discusses each of these instalments in detail, plotting the work's transformation from conception to completion, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521070961
• ISBN13: 9780521070966
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"