Literature and society in the fourth century AD: performing paideia, constructing the present, presenting the self
"Late Antiquity is often assumed to have witnessed the demise of literature as a social force and its retreat into the school and the private reading room: whereas the sophists of the Second Sophistic were influential social players, their late antique counterparts are thought to have been over...
| Published in: | Mnemosyne <Leiden> / Supplementum |
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| Contributors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Leiden [u.a.]
Brill
2015
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| In: |
Mnemosyne <Leiden> / Supplementum (373 : Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature)
Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Mnemosyne <Leiden> / Supplementum
373 : Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Roman Empire
/ Literature
/ Society
/ History 300-400
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Latin literature History and criticism B Christian literature, Early History and criticism B Literature and society |
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| Summary: | "Late Antiquity is often assumed to have witnessed the demise of literature as a social force and its retreat into the school and the private reading room: whereas the sophists of the Second Sophistic were influential social players, their late antique counterparts are thought to have been overshadowed by bishops. Literature and Society in the Fourth Century AD argues that this presumed difference should be attributed less to a fundamental change in the role of literature than to different scholarly methodologies with which Greek and Latin texts from the second and the fourth century are being studied. Focusing on performance, the literary construction of reality and self-presentation, this volume highlights how literature continued to play an important role in fourth-century elite society." -- "Late Antiquity is often assumed to have witnessed the demise of literature as a social force and its retreat into the school and the private reading room: whereas the sophists of the Second Sophistic were influential social players, their late antique counterparts are thought to have been overshadowed by bishops. Literature and Society in the Fourth Century AD argues that this presumed difference should be attributed less to a fundamental change in the role of literature than to different scholarly methodologies with which Greek and Latin texts from the second and the fourth century are being studied. Focusing on performance, the literary construction of reality and self-presentation, this volume highlights how literature continued to play an important role in fourth-century elite society." -- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004278486 |