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Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity by Elton, Hugh;Greatrex, Geoffrey;McMahon, the assistance of Lucas is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity examines the transformations that took place in a wide range of genres, both literary and non-literary, in this dynamic period. The Christianisation of the Roman empire and the successor kingdoms had a profound impact on the evolution of Greek and Roman literature, and many aspects of this are discussed in this volume - the composition of church history, the collection of papal letters, heresiology, homiletics and apologetic. Contributors discuss authors such as John Chrysostom, Ambrose of Milan, Cassiodorus, Jerome, Liberatus of Carthage, Victor of Vita, and Epiphanius of Salamis as well as the Collectio Avellana. Secular literature too, however, underwent important changes, notably in Constantinople in the sixth century. Several chapters accordingly reassess the work of Procopius of Caesarea and literature of this period; attention is also given to the evolution of the chronicle genre. Technical writing, such as military manuals and legal texts, are the focus of other chapters; further genres considered include monody, epigraphy and epistolography. Changes in visual representation are also considered in chapters devoted to diptychs, monuments and

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Author
Elton, Hugh;Greatrex, Geoffrey;McMahon, the assistance of Lucas
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9781317055433
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Literary Fiction, World History

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