One of a small number of historical texts that have become
classics, Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire demands and
deserves the kind of attention readers habitually grant to the
classics of fictional literature. In Lionel Gossman's thematic and
rhetorical study of Gibbon's masterpiece, the foundation of
authority is seen as the historian's chief concern. The central
problem of the work - the foundation of political authority - also
appears in another form, Gossman contends, as a central problem of
the work - that of the authority of the historical text itself.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
December 2008 |
| First published: |
November 2008 |
| Authors: |
Lionel Gossman
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
180 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-10345-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-521-10345-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780521103459 |
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