Ammianus Marcellinus. The Allusive Historian. - KELLY, G.,
The Allusive Historian (Cambridge Classical Studies)
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'Gavin Kelly's Ammianus Marcellinus: The Allusive Historian is a thought-provoking and original study of a key fourth-century author. It makes a valuable contribution to the field of late antique studies and of Ammianus in particular by focusing on the literary aspects of the historian's text. Bridging the gap across disciplines, Kelly's book should appeal equally to classicists and historians. In doing so, Kelly follows in the footsteps of Averil Cameron, Elizabeth Clark, and others who in turn have taken their cue for reading texts from continental philosophers. The result is an engaging interpretation of Ammianus as a creative and erudite writer. By the same token, Kelly also creates a via media in scholarship on Ammianus between the two dominant voices of the last two decades, John Matthews and Timothy Barnes, the former largely taking Ammianus at his word as a starting point for a larger exploration of the world the historian lived in, the latter presenting Ammianus as a writer of fiction whose historica...
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2008Uitgever: Cambridge University Press282 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0521842999ISBN-13: 9780521842990Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge (...), 2008. XI,378p. Hard bound with dust wrps. Dust wrps slightly edge worn. Binding bit warped. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: KELLY, G.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2008] [Titel: Ammianus Marcellinus. The Allusive Historian.]
