Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity

By Hugh Elton, The Assistance of Lucas McMahon, Geoffrey Greatrex, et al.

Book Overview

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 slav

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367879778
• ISBN13: 9780367879778
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"