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"Bowersock's fascinating lectures add much to the new perception of the early empire as a time of experiment and cultural cross-fertilization."—Averil Cameron, author of Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire
"An exhilarating exploration of the multicultural world of the Roman empire. . . . Did the Latin and Greek 'novels' (from the comic Satyricon , contemporary with Nero and Paul, onwards through the whole range of romantic narratives) with their exotic locations and dramatic incident, draw on Christian belief in resurrection and the Eucharist? . . . Bowersock dissects the body of the evidence with a skeptical scalpel and magically restores it intact and alive."—Susan Treggiari, author of Roman Marriage: Iusti Coniuges from the Time of Cicero to the Time of Ulpian
"Conceived in admirably broad and imaginative terms and treated with erudition and boldness in equal parts. Fiction as History, controversial as some of its conclusions may seem, opens up a whole new vein in scholarship in this field, and shows that the ancient novel is worth the attention of not only literary scholars but historians as well. A much-needed book."—B. P. Reardon, editor of Collected Ancient Greek Novels
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
l. Friedrich Creuzer and Greek Historiography (1946)
2. George Grote and the Study of Greek History (1952)
3. M. I. Rostovtzeff (1954)
4. Introduction to the Griechische Kulturgeschichte by Jacob Burckhardt (1955)
5. In Memory of Gaetano DeSanctis (1870-1957) (1957)
6. Introduction toR. Syme, The Roman Revolution (1962)
7. Reconsidering B. Croce (1866-1952) (1966)
8. Julius Beloch (1966)
9. Jacob Bernays (1969)
10. J.G. Droysen Between Greeks and Jews (1970)
11. The Ancient City of Fustel de Coulanges (1970)
12. Introduction to a Discussion of Karl Reinhardt (1975)
13. Introduction to a Discussion of Eduard Schwartz (1978)
14. Liberal Historian and Supporter of the Holy Roman Empire:E.A. Freeman (1980)
15. Introduction to a Discussion of Eduard Meyer (1981)
16. New Paths of Classicism in the Nineteenth Century (1982)
17. Introduction to a Discussion of Georges Dumezil (1983)
18. A Return to Eighteenth·Century "Etruscheria":K. 0. Muller (1985)
19. From Bachofen to Cumont (1988)
INDEX
A propos de l'auteur
G. W. Bowersock is Professor of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Among his many books are Roman Arabia (1983) and Hellenism in Late Antiquity (1990).
Résumé
Using pagan prose fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era, this book investigates the complex relationship among perceived and presented 'historical' and 'fictional' truths. It illuminates social attitudes of the period and argues that fiction of the period was influenced by the emerging Christian Gospel narratives.
