Orosius and the rhetoric of history
Shows how Orosius situates himself in the classical tradition and draws on a variety of rhetorical tools to shape his historical narrative, The histories against the pagans, written in 415/7, and position the Church at the heart of his view of Roman history
| Résumé: | Shows how Orosius situates himself in the classical tradition and draws on a variety of rhetorical tools to shape his historical narrative, The histories against the pagans, written in 415/7, and position the Church at the heart of his view of Roman history Unexpected pearls : prefaces and the rhetoric of deference -- A tale of two cities : book 2 and the fall of Rome -- The past as literature : exempla and the culture of rhetoric -- (Re)sources of narrative -- A sense of the past : the truth of rhetoric -- A past for the present : on metaphors and panegyric -- Beyond Rome : universal history and the barbarian -- What difference does Christianity make? |
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| Description: | Literaturverz. S. [207] - 234. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke Rezeption; Rezension (Review): Revue d'études augustiniennes et patristiques 62 (2016) 140-142 (J.-D. Berger) |
| Description matérielle: | [VIII], 252 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-874501-3 978-0-19-965527-4 |
