Ancient historiography and its contexts : studies in honour of A.J. Woodman /
This volume collects essays written by colleagues and friends as a tribute to Tony Woodman, Gildersleeve Professor of Latin at the University of Virginia. These essays, like Woodman's own work, cover topics in Latin poetry, oratory, and Greek and Roman historiography. Recurrent themes are the i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Latin |
| Language Notes: | In English with occasional instances of Ancient Greek and Latin. |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Classical Studies module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This volume collects essays written by colleagues and friends as a tribute to Tony Woodman, Gildersleeve Professor of Latin at the University of Virginia. These essays, like Woodman's own work, cover topics in Latin poetry, oratory, and Greek and Roman historiography. Recurrent themes are the importance of rhetoric and rhetorical training, the skilful use of language and recurrent motifs in narrative, the use and adaptation of topoi, the importance of intertextuality, and the subtle and varied ways in which literary texts can have a contemporary resonance for their own day. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 449 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191574306 0191574309 9780199775552 0199775559 9780191720888 0191720887 |