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The Empire Unpossess'd

An Essay on Gibbon's Decline and Fall
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
180 Seiten
Englisch
Cambridge University Presserschienen am01.11.2008
One of a small number of historical texts that have become classics, Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire demands and deserves the kind of attention readers habitually grant to the classics of fictional literature. In Lionel Gossman's thematic and rhetorical study of Gibbon's masterpiece, the foundation of authority is seen as the historian's chief concern. The central problem of the work - the foundation of political authority - also appears in another form, Gossman contends, as a central problem of the work - that of the authority of the historical text itself.mehr

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KlappentextOne of a small number of historical texts that have become classics, Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire demands and deserves the kind of attention readers habitually grant to the classics of fictional literature. In Lionel Gossman's thematic and rhetorical study of Gibbon's masterpiece, the foundation of authority is seen as the historian's chief concern. The central problem of the work - the foundation of political authority - also appears in another form, Gossman contends, as a central problem of the work - that of the authority of the historical text itself.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-521-10345-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2008
Erscheinungsdatum01.11.2008
Seiten180 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 10 mm
Gewicht270 g
Artikel-Nr.14707989
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. A name, a rank, a character, in the world; 2. The plenitude of paternal power; 3. The vacant space of the eternal city; 4. A liberal education and understanding; 5. Order and perspicuity; 6. A fair and authentic history.mehr