The ideology of classicism : language, history, and identity in Dionysius of Halicarnassus

The ideology of classicism : language, history, and identity in Dionysius of Halicarnassus / by Nicolas Wiater.

This is the first systematic study of Greek classicism, a crucial element of Graeco-Roman culture under Augustus, from the perspective of cultural identity: what vision of the world and their own role in it motivated Greek and Roman intellectuals to commit themselves to reliving the classical Greek...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiater, Nicolas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : De Gruyter, 2011.
Series:Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte ; Bd. 105.
Subjects:
Dionysius, > of Halicarnassus > Criticism and interpretation.
Dionysius, > of Halicarnassus
Classicism > Greece > History.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Classicism
Greece
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • 1. Introduction: The Aims and Methods of This Study
  • 2. Reviving the Past: Language and Identity in Dionysius' Classicism
  • 3. History and Criticism: The Construction of a Classicist Past
  • 4. Knowledge and Elitism: Being a Classicist Critic
  • 5. Enacting Distinction: The Interactive Structure of Dionysius' Writings
  • 6. Conclusions
  • References
  • Indices.

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