The Cambridge companion to Edward Gibbon / edited by Karen O'Brien, Brian Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

O'Brien, Karen (Karen Elisabeth), editor.

Young, B. W., editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Cambridge companions to authors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.

Criticism and interpretation.

Rome--Historiography.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Historiography.

Great Britain.

Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794--Criticism and interpretation.

Gibbon, Edward.

Historians--Great Britain--Biography.

Historians.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 243 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"The Cambridge Companion to Edward Gibbon Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published in three instalments from 1776 to 1788, is widely regarded as the greatest work of history in the English language. Starting with the accession of the Roman Emperor Commodus in the late second century CE, Gibbon's work traverses thirteen centuries, encompassing the rises of Christianity and Islam, the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West, and the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453. This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the intellectual roots, contemporary European contexts, literary style and thematic scale of Gibbon's achievement. Alongside the History, it gives an introduction to Gibbon's other works, including the Memoirs he left unfinished at his death and previously unpublished material. Leading international scholars in the fields of classics, geography, history and literature provide a comprehensive account of Gibbon's monumental account of decline, fall and global historical transformation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An overview of The decline and fall of the Roman Empire / J.G.A. Pocock

Gibbon's geographies / Robert Mayhew

Gibbon and the city of Rome / Catharine Edwards

Do Byzantine historians still read Gibbon? / Mark Whittow

Gibbon among the barbarians / George Woudhuysen

Gibbon and Enlightenment history in eighteenth-century Britain / Tim Stuart-Buttle

Gibbon and republicanism / Bï¿1/2ela Kapossy and Richard Whatmore

Gibbon and Catholicism / B.W. Young

Gibbon's style in The decline and fall / Fred Parker

Gibbon's mind and libraries / Robert Mankin

The memoirs and character of the historian / Charlotte Roberts

Afterword : a new Gibbon manuscript / David Womersley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781107035119

1107035112

9781107625020

1107625025

OCLC:

1015819867