The limits of ancient biography / editors, Brian McGing and Judith Mossman ; contributors, Ewen Bowie ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGing, B. C.

Mossman, Judith

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biography--To 500.

Biography.

Physical Description:

xx, 447 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Swansea : Classical Press of Wales ; Oakville, CT : Distributor in the United States, David Brown Book Co., 2006.

Summary:

The genre of biography in the ancient world is interestingly diverse and permeable and deserves intensive study, bearing as it does on ideas of characterization and the individual. This volume considers both the form and the content of biography across the ancient world, and is particularly interested in the frontiers with other related genres, such as history. The papers range from the Old Testament to the Arab world, from the New Testament to the Lives of Saints, from the classic Greek and Roman biographers to less well known practitioners of the art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1905125127

9781905125128

OCLC:

85369560