Portraits: Biographical Representation in the Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire

by M. J. Edwards, Simon Swain

Overview

This collection of essays illustrates the growth of interest in the representation of individuals, which resulted from the changed environment within which Greek and Latin authors worked in late antiquity. The subjects all fall within the period of the Roman empire, and illustrate the importance of individual personality in literature for an age in which few individuals could hope to achieve political significance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198149378
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/04/1997
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	1550L (what's this?)

About the Author

Christ Church, Oxford

Warwick University

Editorial Reviews

"The essays are sophisticated and perceptive, a valuable contribution for scholars tracing the further devolution of a never respectable genre."—Religious Studies Review

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