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Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity (Paperback)
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Shifting Genres in Late Antiquity (Paperback)
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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 coins. A
common theme that emerges from the chapters is the flexibility and
adaptability of genres in the period: late antique authors, whether
orators or historians, were not slavish followers of their
classical predecessors. They were capable of engaging with their
models, adapting them to their own purposes, and producing work
that deserves to be considered on its own merits. It is necessary
to examine their texts and genres closely to grasp what they set
out to do; on occasion, attention must also be paid to the
transmission of these texts. The volume as a whole represents a
significant contribution to the reassessment of late antique
culture in general.
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