The Second Sophistic Paperback / softback
by Timothy (University of Exeter) Whitmarsh
Part of the New Surveys in the Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
The 'Second Sophistic' is arguably the fastest-growing area in contemporary classical scholarship.
This short, accessible account explores the various ways in which modern scholarship has approached one of the most extraordinary literary phenomena of antiquity, the dazzling oratorical culture of the Early Imperial period.
Successive chapters deal with historical and cultural background, sophistic performance, technical treatises (including the issue of Atticism and Asianism), the concept of identity, and the wider impact of sophistic performance on major authors of the time, including Plutarch, Lucian and the Greek novelists.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:120 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:01/09/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198568810
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:120 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:01/09/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198568810
