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
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | Orosius and the rhetoric of history. By Peter van Nuffelen. (Oxford Early Christian Studies.) Pp. viii+252. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. £60. 978 0 19 965527 4 (2014) (Leonard, Victoria)
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| Edition: | 1. ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford early Christian studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Orosius, Paulus 385-418, Historiae adversus paganos
/ Rhetoric
/ Historiography
B Orosius, Paulus 385-418 / Historiography / Rhetoric |
| Further subjects: | B
Rhetoric, Ancient
B Orosius, Paulus (385-418) B Orosius, Paulus Historiarum adversus paganos libri VII B Rome Historiography |
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| Summary: | 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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| Item 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) |
| ISBN: | 019874501X |