Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory explores the way in which ancient Greeks and Romans represented their past, and in turn how modern literature and scholarship has approached the reception and transmission of some aspects of ancient culture.
The contributions, organised into three sections - Political Legacies, Religious Identities, and Literary Traditions - explore case studies in memory and reception of the past. Through studying the techniques and strategies of ancient historiography, biography, hagiography, and art, as well as their effectiveness, this volume demonstrates how humanity has inevitably conveyed memory and history with (sub)conscious biases and preconceived ideas. In the current age of alternative facts, fake news, and post-truth discourses, these chapters highlight that such phenomena are by no means a recent development.
This book offers valuable scholarly perspectives to academics and scholars interested in memory, historiography, and representations of the past in the ancient world, as well as those working on literary traditions and reception studies more broadly.
| ISBN: | 9780367371449 |
| Publication date: | 22nd April 2022 |
| Author: | Martine Elizabeth Agnès De Marre, Rajiv Bhola |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Ancient history Interdisciplinary studies |
Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory explores the way in which ancient Greeks and Romans represented their past, and in turn how modern literature and scholarship has approached the reception and transmission of some aspects of ancient culture.The contributions, organised into three sections - Political Legacies, Religious Identities, and Literary Traditions - explore case studies in memory and reception of the past. Through studying the techniques and strategies of ancient historiography, biography, hagiography, and art, as well as their effectiveness, this volume demonstrates how humanity has inevitably conveyed memory and history with (sub)conscious biases and preconceived ideas.
Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient history, Interdisciplinary studies
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Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory was written by Martine Elizabeth Agnès De Marre, Rajiv Bhola and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory has 400 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies series
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