Shifting genres in late antiquity [electronic resource] / edited by Geoffrey Greatrex, Hugh Elton, with the assistance of Lucas McMahon.
"Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity examines the transformations that took place in a wide range of genres, both literary and non-literary, in this dynamic period. The Christianisation of the Roman empire and the successor kingdoms had a profound impact on the evolution of Greek and Roman litera...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | "Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity examines the transformations that took place in a wide range of genres, both literary and non-literary, in this dynamic period. The Christianisation of the Roman empire and the successor kingdoms had a profound impact on the evolution of Greek and Roman literature, and many aspects of this are discussed in this volume--the composition of church history, the collection of papal letters, heresiology, homiletics and apologetic. Contributors discuss authors such as John Chrysostom, Ambrose of Milan, Cassiodorus, Jerome, Liberatus of Carthage, Victor of Vita, and Epiphanius of Salamis as well as the Collectio Avellana. Secular literature too, however, underwent important changes, notably in Constantinople in the sixth century. Several chapters accordingly reassess the work of Procopius of Caesarea and literature of this period; attention is also given to the evolution of the chronicle genre. Technical writing, such as military manuals and legal texts, are the focus of other chapters; further genres considered include monody, epigraphy and epistolography. Changes in visual representation are also considered in chapters devoted to diptychs, monuments and coins"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Originally published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing. Proceedings of the tenth Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiqiuty conference held from 21 to 24 March 2013 in Ottawa, Canada. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 341 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781315608969 1315608960 9781317055440 1317055446 9781317055457 9781317055433 1317055438 1317055454 1472443497 9781472443496 |
| Language: | English. |