The Authoritative Historian : Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1009159445
ISBN-13
9781009159449
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 17th, 2025
Print length
492 Pages
Weight
704 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.30 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
HistoriographyAncient history: to c 500 CE
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Explores how Greek and Roman historians frame innovations against generic tradition. Combining close readings and broader thematic analyses, the book presents a holistic vision of the development of the genre of historiography in Greece and Rome and the historian's dynamic position within this practice.
In this volume an international group of scholars revisits the themes of John Marincola''s ground-breaking Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography. The nineteen chapters offer a series of case studies that explore how ancient historians'' approaches to their projects were informed both by the pull of tradition and by the ambition to innovate. The key themes explored are the relation of historiography to myth and poetry; the narrative authority exemplified by Herodotus, the ''father'' of history; the use of ''fictional'' literary devices in historiography; narratorial self-presentation; and self-conscious attempts to shape the historiographical tradition in new and bold ways. The volume presents a holistic vision of the development of Greco-Roman historiography and the historian''s dynamic position within this practice.
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