Nicolas Wiater 
The Ideology of Classicism [PDF ebook] 
Language, History, and Identity in Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Support

So far, the critical writings of Dionysius of Halicarnassus have mainly attracted interest from historians of ancient linguistics. The Ideology of Classicism proposes a novel approach to Dionysius’ œuvre as a whole by providing the first systematic study of Greek classicism from the perspective of cultural identity. Drawing on cultural anthropology and Social Identity Theory, Wiater explores the world-view bound up with classicist criticism. Only from within this ideological framework can we understand why Greek and Roman intellectuals in Augustan Rome strove to speak and write like Demosthenes, Lysias, and Isocrates.

Topics addressed by this study include Dionysius’ view of the classical past; mimesis and the aesthetics of reading; language and identity; Dionysius’ view of the Romans, their power and the role of Greek culture within it; Greek classicism and the contemporary controversy about Roman identity among Roman intellectuals; the self-image as Greek intellectuals in the Roman empire of Dionysius and his addressees; the dialogic design of Dionysius’ essays and how it implements a sense of elitism and distinction; Dionysius’ attitudes towards communities competing with him for leadership in rhetorical education and criticism, such as the Peripatetics and Stoics.

€189.95
payment methods

About the author

Nicolas Wiater, Universität Bonn, Germany.

Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 406 ● ISBN 9783110259117 ● File size 2.4 MB ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City Berlin/Boston ● Published 2011 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6293130 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

2,481 Ebooks in this category