Ancient Historiography and Its Contexts: Studies in Honour of A. J. Woodman

by Christina Shuttleworth Kraus, Christopher Pelling, John Marincola

This is a collection of studies on ancient (especially Latin) poetry and historiography, concentrating especially on the impact of rhetoric on both genres, and on the importance of considering the literature to illuminate the historical Roman context and the historical context to illuminate
the literature. It takes the form of a tribute to Tony Woodman, Gildersleeve Professor of Latin at the University of Virginia, for whom twenty-one scholars...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019955868X
• ISBN13: 9780199558681
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"