Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
ISBN: 978-1-032-60970-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
First published in 1967, Latin Biography contains chapters on Nepos, Plutarch and Suetonius, the three best-known Classical biographers. There are also accounts of the less-familiar works of Q. Curtius Rufus and the author – or authors – of the Historia Augusta, and three chapters deal with the development of Latin biography in the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages were indebted to Suetonius, Shakespeare to Plutarch, Gibbon to the Historia Augusta. Since the Renaissance their methods have gradually been superseded by a more critical and scientific approach, but the ancient biographers can always claim the credit for having established biography as a major form of literature. This book will be of interest to students of literature and classical studies.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Nachschlagewerke
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction 1. Nepos – An Introduction to Latin Biography 2. Quintus Curtius Rufus 3. Plutarch 4. Suetonius and Influence 5. The Augustan History 6. William of Poitiers: Gesta Guilelmi 7. Two Biographies by William of Malmesbury 8. The Lives of St. Francis Index of Names
