Literature and Society in the Fourth Century AD - Performing Paideia, Constructing the Present, Presenting the Self

Challenging ideas about the declining social role and impact of literature in Late Antiquity, Literature and Society in the Fourth Century AD demonstrates how Greek and Latin literature of the fourth century AD continued to play an important role in public performance and debate, the creation of reality, and self-presentation.

About the author

Lieve Van Hoof, Ph.D. (2006), K.U.Leuven, is post-doctoral research fellow at Ghent University, Belgium. Her publications include a monograph on Plutarch's practical ethics (Oxford, 2010) and an edited volume on Libanius (Cambridge, 2014). She is currently preparing a monograph on the letters of Libanius.

Peter Van Nuffelen, Ph.D. (2003), K.U.Leuven, is Professor of Ancient History at Ghent University, Belgium. He has published widely on Roman philosophy and religion and on late antique historiography, including monographs on Socrates and Sozomen (Leuven, 2004) and Orosius (Oxford, 2012).

Contributors: Clare Coombe, Roald Dijkstra, Bertrand Lançon, Morwenna Ludlow, Neil McLynn, Sigrid Mratschek, Lieve Van Hoof, Peter Van Nuffelen, Mark Vessey, John Weisweiler.

Product details

• Assisted by: Lieve van Hoof (Editor), Peter van Nuffelen (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2014
• EAN: 9789004278486
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27848-6
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day