Décadence : "Decline and Fall" or "Other Antiquity"? / Marco Formisano, Therese Fuhrer (eds.) ; with the assistance of Anna-Lena Stock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Formisano, Marco, editor.

Fuhrer, Therese, editor.

Stock, Anna-Lena, editor.

Series:

Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften, Neue Folge, 2. Reihe ; Band 140.

Library of the other antiquity.

Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften, Neue Folge, 2. Reihe ; Band 140

Library Of The Other Antiquity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical literature--History and criticism--Congresses.

Classical literature.

Civilization, Greco-Roman--Congresses.

Civilization, Greco-Roman.

Degeneration in literature--Congresses.

Degeneration in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg, Germany : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No scholar today would describe late antiquity as an age of "decline and fall", as Gibbon did; instead, to use Marrou's term, it is seen as an "other antiquity", which deserves to be investigated on its own terms. Yet the idea of a decadent period, accompanied by a fascination for the image of antiquity on the wane, continues to live in scholarly minds, as is suggested, after all, by the recurring insistence on the point that late antiquity was not a period of decline. This collection of papers engages in a productive way with the fascination exerted by the concept of an era in decline and a l

Contents:

Andreas T. Zanker: Decline and Kunstprosa - Velleius Paterculus and Eduard NordenNotes on Contributors; Index locorum; 1.) Scripture; 2.) Ancient Literature; 3.) Medieval and Early Modern Literature; 4.) Modern Literature; Index nominum et rerum

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783825373955

3825373959