Art of Biography in Antiquity

Informationen zum Autor Tomas Hägg is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Bergen. His previous publications include The Novel in Antiquity (1983) and The Virgin and her Lover (2003). Klappentext Examines the whole spectrum of Greek and Roman biography, which explores the virtues and vices of philosophers, statesmen and poets. Zusammenfassung Explores the whole range and diversity of ancient biography! from its Socratic beginnings to the Christian acquisition of the form in late antiquity. It reveals the surprising variety and intrinsic value of Greek and Roman biographical writing! which explores the virtues and vices of philosophers! statesmen and poets. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. In the beginning was Xenophon: memoir, encomium, romance; 2. Hellenistic theory and practice: fragments of industry; 3. Popular heroes: the slave, the king, the poet; 4. The Gospels: from sayings to a full life; 5. Political biography at Rome: a new start; 6. Plutarch and his Parallel Lives: ethical biography; 7. Ways of life: philosophers and holy men.

Product details

• Authors: Tomas Hagg, Tomas H'Agg, Tomas Hägg, Tomas Heagg, Tomas Hgg
• Assisted by: Stephen Harrison (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.04.2012
• EAN: 9781107016699
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01669-9
• No. of pages: 514
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Latin, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval