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Beyond the Second Sophistic : adventures in Greek postclassicism / / Tim Whitmarsh



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Autore: Whitmarsh Tim Visualizza persona
Titolo: Beyond the Second Sophistic : adventures in Greek postclassicism / / Tim Whitmarsh Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
Disciplina: 880.9/001
Soggetto topico: Greek literature - Rome - History and criticism
Greek literature - History and criticism
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Beyond the Second Sophistic and into the Postclassical -- 1. The "Invention of Fiction" -- 2. The Romance of Genre -- 3. Belief in Fiction. Euhemerus of Messene and the Sacred Inscription -- 4. An I for an I. Reading Fictional Autobiography -- 5. Metamorphoses of the Ass -- 6. Addressing Power. Fictional Letters between Alexander and Darius -- 7. Philostratus's Heroicus. Fictions of Hellenism -- 8. Mimesis and the Gendered Icon in Greek Theory and Fiction -- 9. Greek Poets and Roman Patrons in the Late Republic and Early Empire -- 10. The Cretan Lyre Paradox. Mesomedes, Hadrian, and the Poetics of Patronage -- 11. Lucianic Paratragedy -- 12. Quickening the Classics. The Politics of Prose in Roman Greece -- 13. Politics and Identity in Ezekiel's Exagoge -- 14. Adventures of the Solymoi -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The "Second Sophistic" traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire's power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization against the domination of Rome. This book proposes a very different model. Covering popular fiction, poetry and Greco-Jewish material, it argues for a rich, dynamic, and diverse culture, which cannot be reduced to a simple model of continuity. Shining new light on a series of playful, imaginative texts that are left out of the traditional accounts of Greek literature, Whitmarsh models a more adventurous, exploratory approach to later Greek culture. Beyond the Second Sophistic offers not only a new way of looking at Greek literature from 300 BCE onwards, but also a challenge to the Eurocentric, aristocratic constructions placed on the Greek heritage. Accessible and lively, it will appeal to students and scholars of Greek literature and culture, Hellenistic Judaism, world literature, and cultural theory.
Titolo autorizzato: Beyond the Second Sophistic  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95702-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828894803321
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