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...

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Contributors: Hoof, Lieve van ca. 20./21. Jh. (Editor) ; Nuffelen, Peter van 1976- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
French
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Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2015
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
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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