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Shifting genres in late antiquity [electronic resource] / edited by Geoffrey Greatrex, Hugh Elton, with the assistance of Lucas McMahon.

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"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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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Greatrex, Geoffrey, Elton, Hugh, McMahon, Lucas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
Subjects:
Literary form > History > To 1500.
Classical literature > History and criticism.
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism.
Art genres > History > To 1500.
Social change > History > To 1500.
Christianity and literature > History > To 1500.
Rome > Intellectual life.
Mediterranean Region > Intellectual life.
Rome > Antiquities.
Mediterranean Region > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Art genres.
Christian literature, Early.
Christianity and literature.
Classical literature.
Intellectual life.
Literary form.
Social change.
Mediterranean Region.
Rome (Empire)
To 1500
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Homiletics and disputation
  • pt. 2. Ecclesiastical genres
  • pt. 3. Visual genres
  • pt. 4. Procopius and literature in the sixth-century eastern empire
  • pt. 5. Technical genres
  • pt. 6. Other literary genres.

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