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Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity (Revised)

Contributor(s): Greatrex, Geoffrey (Author), Elton, Hugh (Author), McMahon, The Assistance of Lucas (Author)

ISBN: 9781472443489

Publisher: Routledge

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Pub Date: January 13, 2015

Dewey: 938

LCCN: 2014015628

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.81" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 1.50 lbs) 358 pages

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History | Ancient | Greece | Literary Criticism | General

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Description: This volume examines the transformation that took place in a wide range of genres in Late Antiquity. Aspects of sacred and secular literature are discussed, alongside chapters on technical writing, monody, epigraphy, epistolography and visual representation. What emerges is the flexibility of genres in the period: late antique authors were not slavish followers of their classical predecessors, but were capable of engaging with existing models and adapting them to their own purposes.

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