Description - Literary Texts and the Roman Historian by David Potter
Literary Texts and the Roman Historian explores literary texts of the Roman Empire which offer a reconstruction of depiction of actual events and the ways in which these texts were created, disseminated and read. David Potter focuses on how the participants in the literary culture of the Roman Empire constructed their own history and how the people attached to the canons of classical historiography created narratives of their own times and times past. In contrast, he also discusses alternative forms of historical narrative, suggesting that those texts were produced to provide alternative paradigms to those offered in the traditional historical narratives. He also discusses the reception of classical visions of history in late twentieth century and contextualises the problems of the discipline in antiquity with current developments in the field. Literary Texts and the Roman Historian provides an accessible and concise introduction to the complexities of Roman historiography.
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