The Second Sophistic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198568810)

The 'Second Sophistic' is arguably the fastest-growing area in contemporary classical scholarship. This short, accessible account explores the various ways in which modern scholarship has approached one of the most extraordinary literary phenomena of antiquity, the dazzling oratorical culture of the Early Imperial period. Successive chapters deal with historical and cultural background, sophistic performance, technical treatises (including the issue of Atticism and Asianism), the concept of identity, and the wider impact of sophistic performance on major authors of the time, including Plutarch, Lucian and the Greek novelists.

Author: Tim Whitmarsh
ISBN-10: 0198568819
ISBN-13: 9780198568810
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2005
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.38w x 0.25d