Orosius and the Rhetoric of History ||

✍ Scribed by Van Nuffelen, Peter

• Book ID: 120154424
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 194 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0199655278
• DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199655274.001.0001

✦ Synopsis

Orosius' Histories, Written In 416/7, Have Long Been Seen As A Paradigm For The Christian Understanding Of History. Little Attention Has Been Paid To The Literary Form And Tools Which Shape The Histories, Or To The Contemporary Practice Of Writing History. Drawing On Textual And Rhetorical Analysis, This Book Proposes A Major Revaluation Of The Work, Arguing That It Is Much More Subtle And Complex Than Usually Assumed. At The Same Time, The Bookuses Orosius As A Lens To Consider Fourth- And Fifth-century Historiography And To Question Traditional Distinctions Between Pagan And Christian Historiography.