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The Invention of Prose (Paperback)
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The Invention of Prose (Paperback)
Series: New Surveys in the Classics
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Total price: R652
Discovery Miles: 6 520
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This is the first general study of the earliest writers of Greek
prose for students and teachers alike. Looking at history,
medicine, science, philosophy and rhetoric, it asks why and how
these new genres of writing came about in the fifth and fourth
centuries BCE. It is thus a study of the cultural and political
revolution known as the Greek enlightenment, which has proved so
influential and important for modern Western thought and society.
Questions discussed include how and why rhetoric played such a role
in democracy, how history written in prose changes a view of the
past, and how science and philosophy construct new models of
understanding what authority is. An exploration is offered of how
literary history and social and political history interact. Written
in a lively and clear style, the book makes a perfect introduction
to the classical world of Athens.
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