{"product_id":"lessons-from-the-past-frances-anne-pownall-9780472113279","title":"Lessons from the Past: The Moral Use of History in Fourth-Century Prose","description":"Because of the didactic nature of the historical genre, many scholars ancient and modern have seen connections between history and rhetoric. So far, discussion has centered on fifth-century authors -- Herodotus and Thucydides, along with the sophists and early philosophers. Pownall extends the focus of this discussion into an important period. By focusing on key intellectuals and historians of the fourth century (Plato and the major historians -- Xenophon, Ephorus, and Theopompus), she examines how these prose writers created an aristocratic version of the past as an alternative to the democratic version of the oratorical tradition.\u003cbr\u003eFrances Pownall is Professor of History and Classics, University of Alberta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Anne Pownall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472113275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472113279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/23\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.36w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 165","brand":"Frances Anne Pownall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49096683585791,"sku":"9780472113279","price":84.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lessons-from-the-past-frances-anne-pownall-9780472113279","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}