Orosius and the rhetoric of history / Peter Van Nuffelen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Nuffelen, Peter.

Series:

Oxford Early Christian Studies

Oxford early Christian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orosius, Paulus. Historiarum adversus paganos libri VII.

Orosius, Paulus.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Rome--Historiography.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on textual and rhetorical analysis, Peter Van Nuffelen proposes a major revaluation of 'The Histories Against the Pagans' of Orosius, arguing that it is a much more subtle and complex text than usually assumed. Van Nuffelen uses Orosius as a lens to consider 4th- and 5th-century historiography.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Note on Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Unexpected Pearls: Prefaces and the Rhetoric of Deference; 2. A Tale of Two Cities: Book 2 and the Fall of Rome; 3. The Past as Literature: exempla and the Culture of Rhetoric; 4. (Re)sources of Narrative; 5. A Sense of the Past: The Truth of Rhetoric; 6. A Past for the Present: On Metaphors and Panegyric; 7. Beyond Rome: Universal History and the Barbarian; 8. What Difference Does Christianity Make?; Bibliography; Index of Sources; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 24, 2012).

ISBN:

9786613914439

9780198745013

019874501X

9781283601986

1283601982

9780191627071

0191627070

OCLC:

922971306