The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography Kingsley K. Scarlett
The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography Kingsley K. Scarlett In this volume an international group of scholars revisits the themes of John Marincola's…
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The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography Kingsley K. Scarlett
In this volume an international group of scholars revisits the themes of John Marincola's ground-breaking Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography. The key themes explored are the relation of historiography to myth and poetry; the narrative authority exemplified by Herodotus, the 'father' of history; the use of 'fictional' literary devices in historiography; narratorial self-presentation; and self-conscious attempts to shape the historiographical tradition in new and bold ways. The nineteen chapters offer a series of case studies that explore how ancient historians' approaches to their projects were informed both by the pull of tradition and by the ambition to innovate.
The volume as a whole presents a holistic vision of the development of Greco-Roman historiography and the historian's dynamic position within this
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