From Arrian to Alexander - Studies in Historical Interpretation

Zusatztext 'The approach is sensible and sensitive'Greece & Rome Klappentext This book provides a new perspective on the sources of Alexander's reign by rigorously examining the methods of historians of the time, particularly those of Arrian. Revealing Arrian's attitude toward his subject matter, approach to sources, techniques in writing speeches, and the degree to which he imposed his own judgement of his subject matter, Bosworth presents a clearer and more accurate picture of the persona of Alexander the Great, while offering new insights into two vital problems of documentation--the Royal Journals and the purported Last Plans. Zusammenfassung This book attempts to achieve a new perspective in evaluating the sources of Alexander's reign. Instead of concentrating upon the lost first generation historians, Professor Bosworth focuses upon what is extant, in particular the work of Arrian, the most respected writer on the period.

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• Authors: A B Bosworth, A. B. Bosworth, A. B. (Professor in the Department of Cl Bosworth, A. B. (Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History Bosworth, A.B. Bosworth, Albert Brian Bosworth, Bosworth A. B.
• Assisted by: Albert Brian Bosworth (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.02.1988
• EAN: 9780198148630
• ISBN: 978-0-19-814863-0
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Oxford Scholarly Classics; Oxford Scholarly Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Historiography, CE period up to c 1500, Historiography, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval